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German inflation did not change in January 2.8 % year -on -year. The preliminary data of the Statistics Bureau of the National Statistics Bureau was the last reading on Friday, and the Germans showed before the voting next month.
Reading also matched the prediction from the Economist voted by Reuters. Printing is harmonious throughout the Euro area for comparison.
The harmony consumer price index has decreased by 0.2 % every month.
German inflation has fallen beyond the excitement of the European Central Bank for four consecutive months after falling down the excitement in September last year.
This broadly reflects the development of reappearance inflation in a wider Euro area. The European Central Bank on Thursday has been developed widely in accordance with the forecast of the staff, stating that the development of blocks is “proceeding smoothly”.
The European inflation was 2.4 % in December. January numbers will be released next week.
According to Friday data, German core inflation has removed the price of food and energy, and has dropped significantly from 3.3 % printing in December in January 2.9 %.
The service inflation was slightly eased, and it was 4 % in January compared to 4.1 % in December.
Germany’s weakness seems to be fired, saying in a Friday memo, Sebastian Becker, an economist in German bank investigation.
The spare data announced on Thursday indicated that the German economy had a 0.2 % contract in the fourth quarter of last year, which was more than expected.
“This will strengthen our views that the service rate continues to fall as the service rate continues,” he said. Becker suggests that the European Central Bank is likely to stick to the monetary easing course.
The January inflation print is one of the final major economic data announced on February 23 before the German election. This is done earlier than the initially planned plan after the collapse of the ruling coalition in November 2024.
The German economy was one of the major topics during the campaign next to immigrants. This is because the country has worked on the new rise of economic growth and inflation.
The government has reduced the expectation of gross domestic production to 0.3 % in 2025 after the annual GDP has been contracted in the past two years this week. Despite the fact that the economy has ever avoided the technical recession, which is characterized by two -quarter contraction, the quarterly growth has slowed.
In addition to the annual economic report, the government is expected to have an average of 2.2 % of non -paid -in inflation this year.
