Falling prices on radar as euro inflation drops again

(Reuters) - Annual inflation in the euro zone fell in July to its lowest since the height of the financial crisis in 2009, keeping the risk of deflation on policymakers' radar but unlikely to spur the European Central Bank into further policy action.

Eurozone inflation fall raises prospects of damaging deflationary spiral

The European Central Bank will almost certainly act this week to breathe life into the eurozone's struggling economy after a shock fall in inflation, economists said.

Spain Leads Bond Rally With Yields Falling to Records

The government bonds of Spain, Italy and Ireland rose this week, pushing the nations’ 10-year yields to record lows, as improving economic data and the prospects of additional European Central Bank stimulus buoyed demand.

OECD Warns Euro Area of Higher Deflation Risks

BRUSSELS--Deflation risks in the euro area have risen and the European Central Bank should keep its interest rates at near zero over the medium term to tackle them, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report Thursday.

Euro zone inflation slows in December, IMF flags deflation risk

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation slowed in December, the European Union's statistics office confirmed on Thursday, in what the European Central Bank attributed last week to a one-off change in the method of calculating price growth in Germany.