Press release No. 063 of 26 February 2016
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 0.0% in February 2016. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices will increase by 0.4% on January 2016.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | November 2015 | December 2015 | January 2016 | February
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1 Provisional figure. 2 Household energy and motor fuels. 3 Net rents exclusive of heating expenses. | |||||
| Overall index | 1000 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Goods | 479.77 | –0.6 | –0.6 | –0.3 | –1.1 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 106.56 | –7.5 | –6.5 | –5.8 | –8.5 |
| Food | 90.52 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Services | 520.23 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 209.93 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
The harmonised consumer price index for Germany (HICP), which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to be down by 0.2% in February 2016 year on year. Compared with January 2016, it is expected to be up by 0.4%. For the first time the HICP estimate was calculated on the new base 2015=100. For the indices on the new base please refer to Genesis-Online. Further information is provided on the website of Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union.
The final results for February 2016 will be released on 11 March 2016.