The inflation rate in the euro area hit a record high in November, at 4.9% year on year, still propelled by constantly rising energy prices, according to the first monthly estimate released Tuesday by Eurostat.
Eurostat has never recorded such a figure since the start of its estimates more than twenty years ago.
In October, the inflation rate in the 19 countries that have adopted the single currency had already jumped to 4.1% year-on-year, said the European Statistical Office in a press release.