So This Is What Euroland Rates Have Been Saying: "Italy Back In Deflation With Lowest CPI Print In History"
From ZeroHedge:
Curious why European bond yields tumble to fresh new lows day after
day (with the explicit backstop of the ECB of course, which makes
fundamental analysis of sovereign solvency an irrelevant matter)? Then
look no further than Italy, where as the chart below shows, not only has
the economy "filled the gap" of its economy as tracked by its
EU-Harmonized CPI, but at an August print of -0.2%, this is the lowest
print in history, worse even than the brief -0.1%, flirt with deflation
recorded just in the aftermath of the Lehman crash.
But it wasn't only Italy: as Eurostat also reported today, Euroarea
inflation also dropped once again, touching 0.3%, down from 0.4% a month
ago, the lowest print October 2009....
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