Press release No. 167 of 30 April 2019
nConsumer price index, April 2019:
+2.0% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+1.0% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, April 2019:
+2.1% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+1.0% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 2.0% in April 2019. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 1.0% on March 2019.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | January 2019 | February 2019 | March 2019 | April 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 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Food | 84.87 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
In April 2019, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 2.1% year on year and by 1.0% on March 2019.
The final results for April 2019 will be released on 14 May 2019.
