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Eurozone inflation rises to 2.1% in August

Traders expect central bank to keep interest rates on hold at September 11 meeting

Eurozone inflation rose to 2.1 per cent last month, the first time it has gone above the European Central Bank’s 2 per cent target since April.

Tuesday’s flash estimate of the annual inflation figure for August was above the 2 per cent forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

Diego Iscaro, head of European economics at S&P Global Market intelligence, said the August data was “likely to dampen down talks of a December interest rate cut” as “rates are likely to remain on hold for the rest of the year”.

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