Eurozone inflation jumps higher on oil price spike

A big jump in energy prices has pushed inflation across the 19-country eurozone back to the European Central Bank's (ECB) goal in May, official figures showed.

Eurozone inflation jumps higher on oil price spike

A big jump in energy prices has pushed inflation across the 19-country eurozone back to the European Central Bank's (ECB) goal in May, official figures showed.

Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency, said consumer prices were up by an annual rate of 1.9% in May, way ahead of April's 1.2%.

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