Euro-Zone Companies See Higher Selling Prices, ECB Survey Shows

Euro-area companies expect substantially higher selling prices and input costs due to the Iran war, adding to inflation concerns at the European Central Bank.

Firms anticipate a 3.5% increase in selling prices over the next 12 months, according to the ECB’s most recent survey on the access to finance of enterprises, or SAFE. That’s up from 2.9% in the previous round, an increase the ECB called significant.