The year-on-year inflation rate in the euro zone stood at 7.4% in April, which is the same figure as that registered in March, so it continues to be the highest increase in prices in the euro region of all historical series, as reported today by Eurostat, the community statistics office.

The data for April represents a reduction of one tenth with respect to the initial estimate published by Eurostat at the end of April. In this way, the figure is well above the 1.6% inflation registered in April 2021. In the set of

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