Annual inflation in the euro area is expected to be 8.6% in June, up from 8.1% in May, according to a flash estimate published by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Friday 1 July.
Price inflation was highest in Estonia (22.0%), Lithuania (20.5%) and Latvia (19.0%), and lowest in Malta (6.1%) and France (6.5%). It was 8.2% in Germany, 8.5% in Italy and 10.0% in Spain.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual...