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Date: April 15, 2011 Price Kaleidoscope
The rate of price increase does not only depend on how prices change. The weights with which the price trends of the individual goods and services are reflected in the consumer price index are also important. On the one hand, the Price Kaleidoscope …
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Date: November 3, 2009 Basket of goods and services and weighting pattern
Calculating the consumer price index is based on a basket which includes all goods and services that are relevant components of consumption in Germany. The basket is continuously updated in order to include those goods in the price observation which …
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Press release No. 529 of 13 December 2022 Inflation rate at +10.0% in November 2022
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +10.0% in November 2022. The inflation rate thus was slightly down, following a +10.4% increase in October 2022. “The inflation rate …
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Press release No. 499 of 29 November 2022 Inflation rate of +10.0% expected in November 2022 – a slight decrease on the previous month
The inflation rate in Germany is expected to be +10.0% in November 2022. The inflation rate is measured as the change in the consumer price index (CPI) compared with the same month a year earlier. In October 2022, the inflation rate had been +10.4%. …
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Press release No. 472 of 11 November 2022 Inflation rate at +10.4% in October 2022
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +10.4% in October 2022. The inflation rate thus rose again, following a 10.0% increase in September 2022. “At 10.4%, the inflation rate has …
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Press release No. 458 of 28 October 2022 Inflation rate of +10.4% expected in October 2022
The inflation rate in Germany is expected to be +10.4% in October 2022. The inflation rate is measured as the change in the consumer price index (CPI) compared with the same month a year earlier. In September 2022, the inflation rate had been +10.0%. …
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Press release No. 438 of 13 October 2022 Inflation rate at +10.0% in September 2022
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +10.0% in September 2022. The rate was +7.9% in August 2022 and then surged to this high, staying above 7% for seven months. “At 10%, the …
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Press release No. 413 of 29 September 2022 Inflation rate of 10.0% expected in September 2022
The rate of inflation in Germany is expected to be +10.0% in September 2022. The inflation rate is measured as the change in the consumer price index (CPI) compared with the same month a year earlier. In August 2022, the inflation rate had been …
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Press release No. N 059 of 22 September 2022 Heating with wood: firewood and wood pellet prices up 86% in August 2022 year on year
In view of rising gas, oil and electricity prices, more and more people use wood as an alternative material to heat their dwellings. When purchasing wood for heating stoves or heating systems, consumers had to pay considerably more in August 2022 …
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Press release No. 383 of 13 September 2022 Inflation rate at +7.9% in August 2022
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +7.9% in August 2022. The inflation rate thus increased slightly again (July 2022: +7.5%; June 2022: +7.6%), remaining clearly above 7% for …