While it is true that many product prices were rounded upward at the time of the changeover, the impact on overall inflation was modest and short-lived. Statistics Finland estimated the changeover effect on Finnish inflation in January 2002 as small and noticeable mainly in a few services.
According to Eurostat, the price-rise effect of the changeover for the whole euro area in 2002 was about 0.1–0.3 percentage points. Consumers' perceived inflation and CPI inflation in Finland However, survey results suggest that the consumers' perceived inflation has been considerably higher after the introduction of the Euro.