WIESBADEN, 30-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.8% in August 2017. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.1% on July 2017.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | May 2017 | June 2017 | July 2017 | August 2017 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1 Provisional figure. 2 Household energy and motor fuels. 3 Net rents exclusive of heating expenses. | |||||
| Overall index | 1000 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Goods | 479.77 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 106.56 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Food | 90.52 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Services | 520.23 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 209.93 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
In August 2017, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 1.8% year on year and by 0.2% on July 2017.
The final results for August 2017 will be released on 13 September 2017.
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SOURCE: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)
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