Original title: euro zone inflation reached 2% in May, close to the highest in nearly three years: CCTV news client
Eurostat announced on June 1 that the annual inflation rate in the euro zone was 2% in May, close to the highest in nearly three years, with energy and services rising the fastest. In terms of unemployment, the latest statistics show that the unemployment rate in the euro zone was 8% in April, 0.1 percentage points lower than in March, but significantly higher than in the same period last year. The unemployment rate within the EU was 6.7% in April, roughly the same as in March.
French media say the annual inflation rate of 2% is close to the target set by the ECB. But the ECB believes that this is only temporary and that there is no need to adjust accordingly. (front desk reporter Jiang Hua)
