Cyprus Achieves Zero Inflation While EU Faces Rising Price Pressures

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

October 19, 2025

Overview Of Inflation Trends

Cyprus recorded a remarkable achievement in September 2025 by maintaining a 0.0% annual inflation rate, positioning it as the EU member state with the lowest inflation according to the latest figures released by Eurostat. This outcome contrasts with a broader European backdrop, where inflationary pressures continue to build.

Euro Area And European Union Dynamics

Across the euro area, annual inflation increased to 2.2% in September from 2.0% in August, up from 1.7% a year earlier. In the wider European Union, the inflation rate ascended to 2.6% in September from 2.4% in August, a rise from 2.1% recorded a year before. These figures underscore a steady upward trajectory in consumer price levels over the past year.

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Diverse Economic Landscapes Across Member States

Within the EU, Cyprus stands out with its unchanged rate, followed by France at 1.1% and both Italy and Greece at 1.8%. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Romania, Estonia, Croatia, and Slovakia experienced much higher rates of inflation, with Romania at 8.6%, Estonia at 5.3%, and Croatia and Slovakia both at 4.6%. Such disparities highlight the varied economic conditions across the Union.

State By State Inflation Shifts

Comparative data from August 2025 indicates that annual inflation declined in eight member states, remained stable in four, and increased in fifteen, signaling broad-based upward price pressures that continue to challenge policymakers and businesses alike across the Union.

Components Driving The Inflation Surge

Examining the contributing components, the service sector emerged as the largest driver of inflation, adding 1.49 percentage points to the annual rate in the euro area. This was closely followed by the food, alcohol, and tobacco segments which contributed 0.58 percentage points. Non-energy industrial goods added 0.20 percentage points, while energy prices exerted a slight negative influence of -0.03 percentage points. These contributions reflect the complex interplay of various sectors in shaping overall consumer price dynamics.

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Meta’s Muse Is Outpacing ChatGPT In Early Mobile Adoption, New Data Suggests

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

September 22, 2026

Meta’s new AI app, Muse, may be emerging as one of the company’s strongest consumer launches to date. Fresh estimates from market intelligence firm Apptopia suggest the app has outperformed ChatGPT in early mobile traction, at least in the U.S. and Canada.

According to Apptopia, Muse recorded more downloads in its first 12 days on the market than ChatGPT did during the comparable period after its mobile debut. The comparison, limited to the U.S. and Canada, puts Muse’s iOS downloads at 1.8 million versus 1.3 million for ChatGPT over the same initial window.

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A Strong Early Start Across Platforms

In total, Muse has reached 2.8 million global installs in its first 12 days, according to the firm. The app’s momentum also appears to be holding. After debuting at No. 2 on the U.S. App Store, Muse has since climbed to No. 1, surpassing ChatGPT, according to reporting from Business Insider. Appfigures had previously estimated that Muse crossed 1 million downloads shortly after launch.

That early rise matters because app-store performance in the first days after launch often signals whether a product can sustain consumer attention beyond initial curiosity. In Meta’s case, the data suggests Muse is not simply benefiting from novelty; it is gaining ground quickly enough to challenge the category leader.

Daily Users Show Similar Momentum

Apptopia’s estimates point to another favorable comparison for Meta: daily usage. In the U.S. alone, Muse is said to have 642,000 daily active users, well above the 231,000 ChatGPT had at the same stage of its mobile rollout.

To make the comparison fairer, Apptopia also narrowed the analysis to iOS only, since ChatGPT launched on iPhone before expanding more broadly. Even under that tighter lens, Muse still comes out ahead, with 359,000 daily active users on iOS compared with ChatGPT’s earlier figure.

Why Meta Has An Advantage

Third-party estimates are not the same as internal company data, and Apptopia cannot see Meta’s proprietary numbers. Still, even directional data suggests Muse may be on track to become a meaningful consumer product for Meta.

That possibility is strengthened by Meta’s distribution advantage. The company has already demonstrated how powerful its ecosystem can be with Threads, which surpassed 500 million users after heavy promotion across Instagram and Facebook. Muse is likely to receive a similar boost, especially because it can connect across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Apptopia does not track Meta’s internal promotion strategy, but its data indicates that more than 95% of Muse users are also Facebook users, while 63% are Instagram users. That overlap underscores how effectively Meta can move users across its products when it chooses to prioritize a launch.

The Strategic Test For Meta

For Meta, the early signal from Muse is less about one app’s download count than about whether the company can turn its scale into durable AI adoption. The first test is attention. The harder one is retention.

If Muse can convert early downloads into habitual use, Meta may have found a new front door into its AI ambitions. If not, the app risks becoming another example of how easily mobile hype can spike before settling back down.

Meta, which was asked for comment, has not yet released public figures on Muse’s early adoption.

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