Press release No. 111 of 30 March 2017
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.6% in March 2017. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.2% on February 2017.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | December 2016 | January 2017 | February 2017 | March 2017 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1 Provisional figure. 2 Household energy and motor fuels. 3 Net rents exclusive of heating expenses. | |||||
| Overall index | 1000 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Goods | 479.77 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 106.56 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
| Food | 90.52 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 |
| Services | 520.23 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 209.93 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
In March 2017, the harmonised index of consumer prices for Germany, which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to increase by 1.5% year on year and 0.1% on February 2017.
The final results for March 2017 will be released on 13 April 2017.