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Producer prices in February 2019: +2.6% on February 2018
In February 2019 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.6% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In January 2019 the annual rate of change all over also had been 2.6% as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with the preceding month January 2019 the overall index decreased by 0.1% in February 2019 (+0.4% in January 2019 and -0.4% in December 2018). In February 2019 the price indices of all main industrial groups increased compared with February 2018: Energy prices rose by 7.5% (-0.2% compared with January 2019). Prices of durable consumer goods ... (full story)