been recovering ahead of europe. but the continent is showing signs of recovery finally as inflation in the region continues to fall from last year s peak although better if not confident from the u.k. what s the latest from europe? 5.3% is the inflation print out of the euro zone itself. that does give the slight relief for the overall print and does point to the ecb, the european central bank, perhaps looking at it and saying to themselves perhaps we can see some betterment here. but there s warnings things will continue to be a lot more difficult. interest rates will continue to head a bit higher overall as well, so it isn t going to be just easy. but as you said an improvement in that growth number does point towards a slight recovery and a betterment overall for europe, so not doing as bad as some would have thought. arabile, the sale of beer is down in a big part of the world. tell us more.