Press release No. 206 of 31 May 2019
Consumer price index, May 2019:
+1.4% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.2% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, May 2019:
+1.3% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.3% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.4% in May 2019. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.2% on April 2019.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | February 2019 | March 2019 | April 2019 | May 2019 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1 Provisional figure. 2 Household energy and motor fuels. 3 Net rents and other rents. | |||||
| Overall index | 1,000 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Food | 84.87 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
In May 2019, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 1.3% year on year and by 0.3% on April 2019.
The final results for May 2019 will be released on 13 June 2019.
