jan 5 reuters  european shares slipped on thursday ahead of euro zone inflation data after minutes from the federal reserves december meeting showed the central bank was committed to tame inflation the paneuropean stoxx stoxx slipped 03 by 0810 gmt after gaining more than 3 in its first three sessions of 2023 minutes on wednesday from the feds december policy meeting showed officials were worried about misperception in financial markets that their commitment to fighting inflation was flagging though they agreed the central bank should slow the pace of its monetary policy tightening after a rough 2022 european shares had a strong start to the year supported by economic data showing milderthanexpected recession and easing of price pressures in some countries along with hopes of a postcovid recovery in china investors await producer prices data due later in the day for clues on the impact of european central banks aggressive tightening to tamp down inflation among individual movers british clothing retailer next nxtl rose 56 after reporting betterthanexpected fourthquarter sales and raising its 202223 profit forecast ryanair ryai gained 47 on lifting its profitaftertax forecast citing recent pentup travel demand while warning that covid and the war in ukraine could still impact its results reporting by bansari mayur kamdar in bengaluru editing by vinay dwivedi