Press release No. 421 of 30 October 2019
Consumer price index, October 2019:
+1.1% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.1% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, October 2019:
+0.9% 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 1.1% in October 2019. 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 September 2019.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | July 2019 | August 2019 | September 2019 | October 2019 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1: Provisional figure. 2: Household energy and motor fuels. 3: Net rents and other rents. | |||||
| Overall index | 1,000 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Goods | 468,16 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | 2.4 | 0.6 | -1.1 | -2.1 |
| Food | 84.87 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
In October 2019, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 0.9% year on year and by 0.1% on September 2019.
The final results for October 2019 will be released on 13 November 2019.
