Press release No. 156 of 30 April 2018
Consumer price index, April 2018
• +1.6% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
• 0.0% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, April 2018
• +1.4% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
• –0.1% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.6% in April 2018. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to remain unchanged on March 2018.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | January 2018 | February 2018 | March 2018 | April 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 | 1,000 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Goods | 479.77 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 106.56 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Food | 90.52 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Services | 520.23 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 209.93 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
In April 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 0.1% on March 2018.
The final results for April 2018 will be released on 16 May 2018.
