Press release No. 031 of 30 January 2018
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.6% in January 2018. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that consumer prices are expected to decline by 0.7% compared with December 2017.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | October 2017 | November 2017 | December 2017 | January 2018 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1 Provisional figure. 2 Household energy and motor fuels. 3 Net rents exclusive of heating expenses. | |||||
| Overall index | 1000 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Goods | 479.77 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 106.56 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Food | 90.52 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Services | 520.23 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 209.93 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
In January 2018, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 1.4% year on year and to decrease by 1.0% on December 2017.
The final results for January 2018 will be released on 14 February 2018.
