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German Producer prices in March 2018: +1.9% on March 2017
In March 2018 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 1.9% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In February the annual rate of change all over had been 1.8%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with the preceding month February the overall index rose slightly by 0.1% in March 2018 (–0.1% in February 2018 and +0.5% in January 2018). In March 2018 the price indices of all main industrial groups increased compared with March 2017: Energy prices were up 2.4%, though the development of prices of the different energy carriers diverged. Prices of ... (full story)