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Press release No. 281 of 31 July 2025 Inflation rate of +2.0% expected in July 2025
The inflation rate in Germany is expected to be +2.0% in July 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. 280 of 31 July 2025 Employment almost unchanged in June 2025
Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in June 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore fell slightly by …
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Press release No. 279 of 31 July 2025 Import prices in June 2025: -1.4% on June 2024
Import prices were 1.4% lower in June 2025 than in June 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was -1.1% in May 2025, and
-0.4% in April 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that import prices …
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Press release No. 278 of 30 July 2025 Gross domestic product in the 2nd quarter of 2025 down 0.1% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the first quarter of 2025 - following adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations - after increasing at the start of 2025 (by a revised +0.3% in the …
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Press release No. 263 of 18 July 2025 Producer prices in June 2025: -1.3% on June 2024
The producer prices of industrial products were 1.3% lower in June 2025 than in June 2024. In May 2025, the year-on-year change rate was -1.2%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that producer prices in June 2025 were up 0.1% …
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Press release No. 262 of 18 July 2025 Exports of new passenger cars in the first five months of 2025 up 1.1% year on year
Approximately 1.5 million new cars to the value of 57.9 billion euros were exported from Germany in the period January to May 2025. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of new cars exported was up 1.1% compared with the …
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Press release No. 260 of 17 July 2025 Stock of orders in manufacturing in May 2025: +0.4% on the previous month
The real (price adjusted) stock of orders in manufacturing was up 0.4% in May 2025 month on month after seasonal and calendar adjustment, according to provisional figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The calendar adjusted stock of …
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Press release No. 259 of 17 July 2025 Decline in fertility rate slowed significantly in 2024
The total fertility rate, often referred to as the birth rate, fell to 1.35 children per woman in 2024. It was therefore 2% lower than in 2023, when the fertility rate stood at 1.38 children per woman, taking into account the corrected population …
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Press release No. 258 of 16 July 2025 Mortality figures in 2nd quarter of 2025 below median values of previous years
Approximately 236,000 people died in Germany in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Consequently, death figures in all three months were lower than the median values of the four …
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Press release No. 252 of 11 July 2025 Wholesale prices in June 2025: +0.9% on June 2024
In June 2025, the selling prices in wholesale trade were 0.9% higher than in June 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +0.4% in May 2025, and +0.8% in April 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …