Press release No. 421 of 29 November 2016
WIESBADEN – The collectively agreed earnings, as measured by the index of agreed monthly earnings including extra payments, increased by an average 3.0% in the third quarter of 2016 year on year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, excluding extra payments, the increase amounted to 1.9%. Consumer prices were up 0.5% over the same period.