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Press release No. 159 of 30 April 2025 Inflation rate of +2.1% expected in April 2025
The inflation rate in Germany is expected to be +2.1% in April 2025. The inflation rate is measured as the change in the consumer price index (CPI) compared with the same month a year earlier. Based on the results available so far, the Federal …
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Press release No. 158 of 30 April 2025 Gross domestic product in the 1st quarter of 2025 up 0.2% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the fourth quarter of 2024 - following adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations - after decreasing at the end of 2024 (-0.2% in the fourth quarter …
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Press release No. 155 of 30 April 2025 Import prices in March 2025: +2.1% on March 2024
Import prices were 2.1% higher in March 2025 compared with March 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +3.6% in February 2025, and +3.1% in January 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that …
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Press release No. 156 of 30 April 2025 Little movement in employment figures in March 2025
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was almost unchanged …
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Press release No. 149 of 17 April 2025 Producer prices in March 2025: -0.2% on March 2024
The producer prices of industrial products were 0.2% lower in March 2025 than in March 2024. In February 2025, the year-on-year change rate was +0.7%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that producer prices in March 2025 dropped …
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Press release No. 147 of 17 April 2025 33 years of export surplus in trade with the United States
The threat by the United States to impose additional tariffs on goods from the European Union (EU) is partly due to the US government's critical stance on Europe's export surplus. With the largest national economy in the EU, Germany has indeed …
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Press release No. 151 of 17 April 2025 Stock of orders in manufacturing in February 2025: +0.3% on the previous month
The real (price adjusted) stock of orders in manufacturing was up 0.3% in February 2025 month on month after seasonal and calendar adjustment, according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with February 2024, …
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Press release No. 143 of 15 April 2025 Wholesale prices in March 2025: +1.3% on March 2024
The selling prices in wholesale trade were 1.3% higher in March 2025 than in March 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +1.6% in February 2025, and +0.9% in January 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 145 of 15 April 2025 Flu wave has strong influence on death figures in 1st quarter of 2025
282,290 people died in Germany in the 1st quarter of 2025, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Mortality figures had exceeded the median of the four previous years since the end of January 2025, which …
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Press release No. 139 of 11 April 2025 Inflation rate at +2.2% in March 2025
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +2.2% in March 2025. The inflation rate was +2.3% in both February and January 2025, and stood at +2.6% in December 2024. The Federal …