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Germany Inflation February 2018

Germany: Inflation moderates in February

Consumer prices increased 0.5% in February over the previous month, data released by the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) on 14 March showed. The result matched market expectations but contrasted January’s 0.7% decrease. It came on the back of a 10.3% month-on-month jump in prices of package holidays and a 3.4% increase in prices of clothing.

Inflation moderated from 1.6% in January to 1.4% in February, in line with market expectations. Annual average inflation, however, was stable in February at January’s print of 1.7%.

Meanwhile, harmonized inflation (HICP) moderated from 1.4% in January to 1.2% in February, while average HICP in February edged down to 1.6% from the prior month’s 1.7%.

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