EUR/USD Lower, Euro Area Core CPI Edges Up

EUR/USD is trading at 1.0683, down 0.0031. Eurostat reported that Euro area December CPI rose 0.5 percent after falling 0.1 percent in November. Euro area year over year CPI rose 1.1 percent versus a rise of 0.6 percent a year ago. Euro area year over year December core CPI edged up to 0.9 percent versus 0.8 percent a year ago.