Euro-zone Feb. annual CPI seen rising to 2.7%

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch)
Consumer prices across the 17-nation euro zone grew at a 2.7% annual rate in February, edging up from 2.6% the previous month, the European Union statistics agency Eurostat said Thursday in a preliminary estimate
 Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a 2.6% reading
 Inflation remains above the European Central Banks target of near but just below 2%.