Press release No. 245 of 27 June 2019
Consumer price index, June 2019:
+1.6% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.3% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, June 2019:
+1.3% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.1% 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 June 2019. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that consumer prices are expected to rise by 0.3% compared with May 2019.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | March 2019 | April 2019 | May 2019 | June 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 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| Food | 84.87 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
In June 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 0.1% on May 2019.
The final results for June 2019 will be released on 11 July 2019.
