Press release No. 073 of 28 February 2019
Consumer price index, February 2019:
+1.6% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.5% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, February 2019:
+1.7% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.5% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.6% in February 2019. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.5% on January 2019.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | November 2018 | December 2018 | January 2019 | February 2019 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1 Provisional figure. 2 Household energy and motor fuels. 3 Net rents exclusive of heating expenses. | |||||
| Overall index | 1,000 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| Food | 84.87 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
In February 2019, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 1.7% year on year and 0.5% on January 2019.
The final results for February 2019 will be released on 14 March 2019.
