Consumer price inflation in the eurozone was stuck at 0.2% in August, leaving the ECB no closer to its inflation target than when it launched the first of a series of stimulus measures more than two years ago. Other data released by Eurostat showed the bloc’s unemployment rate unchanged at 10.1% (more than double the U.S.). The figures could push the ECB to launch additional stimulus at its next policy meeting on Sept. 8, like extending the duration of its bond-buying program by at least another six months.
