Eurozone consumer price growth was tamer than expected at the end of the last, numbers from Eurostat showed on Monday.
The pace of annual consumer price inflation cooled to 1.9% in December, from 2.1% in November. The latest reading was shy of the 2.0% outlined in the flash data published earlier this month.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.2% in December, in line with the flash reading, following a 0.3% fall in November from October.
The European Central Bank has a 2% inflation target.
Services remained the largest contributor to inflation, though price pressure in that industry moderates. Annual service price inflation cooled to 3.4% in December from 3.5% in November.
Stripping out energy, food, alcohol & tobacco, core annual consumer price inflation abated to 2.3% in December, in line with the flash estimate, from 2.4% in November.
The flash reading for January is to be released on February 4, the eve of the next European Central Bank decision.