There was also some good news for the currency bloc, though.

不过，欧元区也有一些好消息。

It'll be the first expansion of the currency bloc in almost a decade.

这将是近十年来欧元区的首次扩张。

The European Central Bank held an emergency meeting after government-bond yields rose sharply across the currency bloc.

欧洲央行在欧元区各国政府债券收益率大幅上升后召开了紧急会议。

The euro zone's annual inflation rate crept up to 5% last month, another record high for the currency bloc.

欧元区的年通胀率上个月攀升至5%，创下欧元区的又一个历史新高。

Annual consumer prices in the euro currency bloc rose 6.1 per cent in May year on year.

5 月份欧元区年度消费价格同比上涨 6.1%。

It was the currency bloc's fourth consecutive month of deflation, though it was an improvement on February's inflation rate of -0.3% and January's -0.6%.

这是欧元区连续第四个月出现通货紧缩，但这比2月份0.3%的通货紧缩率和1月份0.6%的通货紧缩率来说，情势已经得到了好转。

Inflation also rose in the currency bloc's two biggest economies, Germany and France, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to continue raising interest rates.

欧元区最大的两个经济体德国和法国的通胀也有所上升，增加了欧洲央行继续加息的压力。