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Producer prices in January 2019: +2.6% on January 2018
In January 2019 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.6% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In December 2018 the annual rate of change all over had been 2.7% as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with the preceding month December 2018 the overall index increased by 0.4% in January 2019 (-0.4% in December 2018 and +0.1% in November 2018). In January 2019 the price indices of all main industrial groups increased compared with January 2018: Energy prices rose by 7.2% (+0.6% compared with December 2018). Prices of durable consumer goods as ... (full story)