Press release No. 325 of 30 August 2018
Consumer price index, August 2018
- +2.0% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
- +0.1% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, August 2018
- +1.9% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
- ±0.0% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 2.0% in August 2018. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.1% on July 2018.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | May 2018 | June 2018 | July 2018 | August 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 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Goods | 479.77 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 106.56 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.9 |
| Food | 90.52 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Services | 520.23 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 209.93 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
In August 2018, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 1.9% year on year and remain unchanged on July 2018.
The final results for August 2018 will be released on 13 September 2018.
