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German Consumer prices in February 2018: +1.4% on February 2017
Consumer prices in Germany were 1.4% higher in February 2018 than in February 2017. The inflation rate – measured by the consumer price index – thus decreased for the third consecutive month. In January 2018, it had been +1.6%. Compared with January 2018, the consumer price index rose by 0.5% in February 2018. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) thus confirms its provisional overall results of 27 February 2018. In February 2018, energy prices as a whole were only slightly above the previous year's level (+0.1%) and had a downward effect on the overall inflation rate. In January 2018, the rate of energy ... (full story)