Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.2 percent in December last year, up from 0.1 percent in November, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In December 2014, the annual inflation rate was -0.2 percent.
Meanwhile, in the European Union (EU-28) annual inflation was 0.2 percent in December, up from 0.1 percent in November. In December 2014, the annual inflation rate in the EU-28 was -0.1 percent.