Euro Area CPI Data (1960-2024) — eur

Annual Consumer Price Index for Germany, used as a proxy for the Euro (EUR). Sourced from the World Bank Development Indicators (indicator: FP.CPI.TOTL). Rescaled so that 2020 = 100.

Usage

eur_cpi

Format

A data frame with 65 rows and 2 columns:

year: Calendar year (integer)
index: CPI index value (numeric, base 2020 = 100)

Source

World Bank Open Data https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL

Details

Note: The Euro area aggregate is not available in WDI. Germany is used as a proxy as it is the largest Eurozone economy and was the monetary anchor (Deutsche Mark) prior to the Euro's introduction in 1999.