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Euro-Zone Inflation Eases; U.K. Holds Steady

April 16, 2013 9:08 a.m. ET

The rate of inflation in the euro zone fell in March, giving households some respite from rising prices and increasing the likelihood that the European Central Bank will offer support to the bloc's battered economy.

The relief was less pronounced in crisis-hit Spain, where inflation outpaced the bloc's average, due in part to taxes and other government austerity measures that have made some goods more expensive. In the U.K., which...

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