India, March 3 -- Eurozone inflation eased slightly in February partly reflecting the slowdown in services inflation but the rate remained above the 2 percent target, flash data from Eurostat showed on Monday.
The harmonized index of consumer prices logged an annual growth of 2.4 percent after rising 2.5 percent in January. The rate was expected to ease to 2.3 percent.
Likewise, core inflation that excludes prices of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, slowed marginally to 2.6 percent from 2.7 percent in the previous month. This was also slightly above forecast of 2.5 percent.
On a monthly basis, the HICP gained 0.5 percent in February.
Among the components of HICP, services cost showed the highest annual increase of 3.7 percent, but thi...