Consumer prices in Germany rose by 1.0% in March 2014 compared with March 2013. In February 2014, the inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index had stood at +1.2% and in January 2014 at +1.3%. The slowdown in inflation thus continued. The last time an inflation rate of +1.0% was observed was in August 2010. Compared with February 2014, the consumer price index rose by 0.3% in March 2014. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) thus confirms its provisional results of 28 March 2014. As in the previous months, the low inflation rate was due to falling mineral oil product prices (-4.2%, of which heating ... (full story)