German Inflation Accelerates Slightly More than Expected in September
Core inflation held at 2.4% for a third month as energy inflation rose to 14.9%, Reuters said.
- On Wednesday, preliminary data showed German inflation rose to 3.3% year-on-year in September, accelerating faster than prior months.
- Driven by energy price shocks from the Iran war, Germany's inflation acceleration mirrors inflationary pressures across other European economies.
- Energy inflation surged to 14.9% in September from 10.5% in August, while core inflation remained unchanged for the third consecutive month at 2.4%.
- Economists polled by Reuters expect European inflation to reach 3.6% in September, up from 3.2% the previous month.
- Against a prior 2.9% reading, analysts had forecast the EU-harmonised consumer price index at 3.2% in September.
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(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = German consumer prices this month rose 3.3% compared to September of last year and 0.6% compared to last month, according to the German Federal Statistical Office...
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Westfalenpost
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung
wiwo.deConsumer prices in September were 3.3 percent above the level of the previous year's month – after 2.9 percent inflation in August, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office on the basis of provisional figures.
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