Press release No. 308 of 29 June 2021
Consumer price index, June 2021:
+2.3% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.4% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, June 2021:
+2.1% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.4% 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 +2.3% in June 2021. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that consumer prices are expected to rise by 0.4% on May 2021.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | March 2021 | April 2021 | May 2021 | June 2021 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per thousand | percent | ||||
| 1: Provisional figure. 2: Household energy and motor fuels. 3: Net rents and other rents. | |||||
| Overall index | 1,000 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Food | 84.87 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
The situation of price collection caused by the corona crisis was getting less tense in June 2021 as the shop-based retail business and food service and accommodation establishments were largely reopened or could offer their services again. For information on the consequences of the lockdown for price collection please refer to our methodological paper.
The consumer price index results are also available on the Corona statistics webpage of the Federal Statistical Office together with other indicators which can be used to assess the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
For more background information and analyses regarding the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for price development please refer to our “StatGespräch” podcast on inflation (in German). Here we also shed light on the role of base effects and the future of price collection.
The final results for June 2021 will be released on 13 July 2021.
