Press release No. 239 of 29 June 2020
Consumer price index, June 2020:
+0.9% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.6% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, June 2020:
+0.8% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.7% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index, is expected to be 0.9% in June 2020. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that consumer prices are expected to increase by 0.6% on May 2020.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | March 2020 | April 2020 | May 2020 | June 2020 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in per mill | in percent | ||||
| 1: Provisional figure. 2: Household energy and motor fuels. 3: Net rents and other rents. | |||||
| Overall index | 1,000 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Goods | 468.16 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.2 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy 2 | 103.83 | -0.9 | -5.8 | -8.5 | -6.2 |
| Food | 84.87 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Services | 531.84 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| including: | |||||
| Rents 3 | 207.26 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
On 30 June the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) will issue the euro area inflation flash estimate for June 2020.
For information on the consequences of the corona crisis for price collection please refer to our methodological paper.
The final results for June 2020 will be released on 14 July 2020.
