Eurozone inflation fell to 2.2% in March, just below the 2.3% recorded in February, according to flash data from Eurostat.
Core inflation, which excludes volatile food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco prices, dropped to 2.4% in March from 2.6% in February.
Services inflation, which had remained around 4% for some time, also declined to 3.4% in March, down from 3.7% in February.