OREANDA-NEWS. Euro area annual  inflation is  expected  to  be 0.2% in December 2015, stable compared  to  November 2015, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Looking  at  the  main  components  of  euro  area  inflation, food,  alcohol  &  tobacco is  expected to  have  the  highest annual  rate in December (1.2%, compared  with  1.5% in November),  followed  by services  (1.1%,  compared  with 1.2%  in  November),  non-energy  industrial  goods  (0.5%,  stable  compared  with November) and energy  (-5.9%, compared with -7.3% in November).