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Producer prices in March 2019: +2.4% on March 2018
In March 2019 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.4% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In February 2019 the annual rate of change all over had been 2.6% as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with the preceding month February 2019 the overall index decreased by 0.1% in March 2019 (-0.1% in February 2019). In March 2019 the price indices of all main industrial groups increased compared with March 2018. Energy prices, the development of which had the greatest impact on the growth of the overall index, rose by 6.6% (-0.9% compared with ... (full story)