Press release No. 068 of 28 February 2020
Consumer price index, February 2020:
+1,7 % on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0,4 % on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, February 2020:
+1,7 % on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0,6 % on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index, is expected to be 1.7% in February 2020. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.4% on January 2020.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | November 2019 | December 2019 | January 2020 | February 2020 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 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | -3.7 | -0.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 |
| Food | 84.87 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
