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Press release No. 254 of 28 June 2024 Employment in May 2024: slight upward trend continues
Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was up by 20,000 (0.0%) …
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Press release No. 252 of 28 June 2024 Import prices in May 2024: -0.4% on May 2023
Import prices were 0.4% lower in May 2024 than in May 2023. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was -1.7% in April 2024, and -3.6% in March 2024. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that import prices in …
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Press release No. 241 of 21 June 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in May 2024: expected decrease of 6.4% on April 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) decreased by 6.4% in May 2024 compared with April 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 240 of 21 June 2024 Prices of residential property in the 1st quarter of 2024: -5.7% year on year
The prices of residential property (house price index) in Germany continued to decrease in the 1st quarter of 2024. Compared with the 1st quarter of 2023, prices were down by an average of 5.7% in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 238 of 20 June 2024 Producer prices in May 2024: -2.2% on May 2023
The producer prices of industrial products were 2.2% lower in May 2024 than in May 2023. In April 2024, the year-on-year change rate was -3.3%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that producer prices in May 2024 remained unchanged …
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Press release No. 234 of 19 June 2024 Stock of orders in manufacturing in April 2024: -0.5% on the previous month
The real (price adjusted) stock of orders in manufacturing was down 0.5% in April 2024 month on month after seasonal and calendar adjustment, according to provisional figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The calendar adjusted stock …
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Press release No. 231 of 18 June 2024 40.9% of the electric cars imported from January to April 2024 came from China
The European Commission is considering to impose high extra duties on electric car imports from the People's Republic of China. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Germany imported a total of 129,800 purely electric-powered …
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Press release No. 229 of 13 June 2024 Wholesale prices in May 2024: -0.7% on May 2023
The selling prices in wholesale trade were 0.7% lower in May 2024 than in May 2023. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was -1.8% in April 2024, and -2.6% in March. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …
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Press release No. 227 of 12 June 2024 Inflation rate at +2.4% in May 2024
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +2.4% in May 2024. The rate of change was +2.2% in both April and March 2024. "The inflation rate is slightly up again, mainly due to the …
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Press release No. 226 of 11 June 2024 Mortality figures in May 2024: 1% below the median of previous years
80,643 people died in Germany in May 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was 1% below the median of the years 2020 to 2023 for that month. After the seasonal flu wave abated in March 2024, …