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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 …

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 …

Press release No. 560 of 22 December 2022 Prices of residential property in the 3^rd quarter of 2022: +4.9% year on year

The prices of residential property (house price index) in Germany rose an average 4.9% in the third quarter of 2022 on the same quarter a year earlier. The year-on-year change rate of the house price index thus fell by almost half from the second …

Press release No. 550 of 20 December 2022 Producer prices in November 2022: +28.2% on November 2021

In November 2022, the index of producer prices for industrial products increased by 28.2% compared with November 2021. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office the price increase on producer level slowed down for the second timein succession. In …

Press release No. 549 of 19 December 2022 CORRECTION: Producer prices of services in the 3^rd quarter of 2022: +5.2% on the 3^rd quarter of 2021

CORRECTION: The producer prices of services in Germany were up 5.2% in the third quarter of 2022 compared with the third quarter of 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that prices increased by 1.1% on the second quarter of 2022. …

Press release No. 537 of 15 December 2022 Wholesale prices in November 2022: +14.9% on November 2021

The selling prices in wholesale trade were 14.9% higher in November 2022 than in November 2021. The annual rates of change in October 2022 and in September 2022 had been +17.4% and +19.9%, respectively. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

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 …

Press release No. 525 of 12 December 2022 Producer prices of agricultural products in October 2022 up 37.9% on October 2021

Producer prices of agricultural products were 37.9% higher in October 2022 than in October 2021. The rate of change had been +40.3% in September 2022 and +34.6% in August 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that prices in October …

Press release No. 508 of 2 December 2022 Import prices in October 2022: +23.5% on October 2021

Import prices were 23.5% higher in October 2022 compared with October 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the year-on-year rate of change had been +29.8% in September 2022 and +32.7% in August 2022. Compared with …

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%. …