The German Statistics Office said that the country’s public sector deficit amounted to 189.2 billion euros in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the first deficit since 2013 and the highest in the budget since the reunification of Germany thirty years ago. The pandemic, which killed more than 77,000 in …
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP stays rises to 2% in March
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), edged lower to 0.5% on a monthly basis in March from 0.7% in February. On a yearly basis, the CPI rose to 1.7% and both of those readings came in line with analysts’ estimates.
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Stays Unchanged February
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), edged lower to 0.7% on a monthly basis in February, Destatis reported in its flash estimate on Monday. Moreover, the annual CPI rose to 1.3% from 1% and came in higher than analysts’ estimate of 1.2%. Further details of …
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Jumps to 1.6% in January
Inflation in Germany, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), came at 0.8% in January, according to the flash estimate of Destatison Thursday. Moreover, the annual CPI rose to 1% from -0.3% in December.
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Unchanged at -0.7% in December
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 0.5% in December, Destatis reported in its flash estimate on Wednesday. This reading followed a 0.8% decline in November but missed the market expectation of 0.5%. The annual CPI stayed unchanged at -0.3%.
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP declines to -0.7% in November
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was -0.8% November, Destatis reported in its flash estimate on Monday. This reading followed the 0.1% increase seen in October and missed the market expectation of -0.7%. Further details of the publication revealed that theHarmonized Index of Consumer Prices …
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Drops to -0.4% in September
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 0.1% (preliminary) in October, the data published by Destatis showed on Thursday. This reading followed September’s print of -0.2% and came in higher than the market expectation of 0%. On a yearly basis, the CPI stayed unchanged at …
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Drops to -0.4% in September
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was -0.2% (preliminary) in September, the data published by Destatis showed on Tuesday. This reading followed August’s print of -0.1% and came in lower than the market expectation of -0.1%. On a yearly basis, the CPI declined to -0.2% …
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