German inflation remained unchanged July, preliminary data showed Thursday, as eurozone rate-setters mull their next steps after keeping interest rates on hold last week following a string of cuts.
Thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin on Saturday calling for food prices to be controlled and for the rich to face higher taxes as Germany faces a cost of living crisis.
Germany's traffic-light coalition is set to pass a third relief package this week to directly help people in Germany with the rising cost of living. We break down how much you can expect to save this year as a result of the measures.
Inflation in Europe's largest economy Germany clambered higher in December, official data showed Friday, but remained short of the European Central Bank's target for the 19-nation eurozone.
Inflation in Europe's largest economy Germany fell back sharply in May, official data showed, returning to sluggish levels after a spike related to the Easter holiday.
Wages in Germany have grown much
faster than in other eurozone countries in recent years, a Bundesbank (central bank) study published Monday found, reversing conditions seen before the
financial crisis that stoked intra-European resentment.
German inflation slowed slightly in December, but still beat forecasts for the second month in a row, official data showed Friday, in an encouraging sign for the European Central Bank.
Inflation in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, slowed to just 0.2 percent in December, its lowest level in more than five years, and averaged 0.9 percent for the whole of 2014, according to new figures released on Monday.
Inflation in Germany reached its lowest level for four years in May, with prices hardly rising in a year. Heating bills fell while food costs edged up slightly.
UPDATE: Growth of the German economy was driven exclusively by booming domestic demand in the first quarter, while foreign trade put a brakes on activity, data showed on Friday.
German economic growth is heading for a significant slowdown in the second quarter of 2014 after a robust first three months, the German central bank said on Monday.
The rate of inflation in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, fell to its lowest level in more than three years in March, official final data showed on Friday.
UPDATE: Growth of the German economy, Europe's biggest, picked up fractionally at the end of last year, propelled by buoyant exports, official data showed on Friday.
UPDATE: German economic growth almost halved in 2013 held back by its weak European neighbours and a slowdown in the global economy, official data released on Tuesday morning showed.
The rate of inflation in Germany slowed to its lowest level in more than three years last month on falling oil prices, official data showed on Tuesday.
German business confidence rose for a fourth month in a row in August, data showed on Tuesday, exceeding expectations as companies in Europe's top economy continued to be buoyant.
Peppers are almost 50 percent more expensive in Germany than they were a year ago – an indicator of the country's steep food inflation rate. Economists are blaming this year's unusually bad weather.
European Union proposals to eliminate one and two cent euro coins is annoying some Germans, including a few at the Bundesbank, while others think an EU idea to introduce one and two-euro notes is a good one.
A senior official of the European Central Bank said Sunday he saw no risk of inflation rising in the 17-member eurozone in spite of the current debt crisis.
Germany could be hit by dreaded inflation if the European Central Bank (ECB) is prevented from buying bonds issued by countries like Italy and Spain, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned on Wednesday.
It takes the average German three minutes to earn enough to buy a beer, exactly the same as 20 years ago, according to a study on Tuesday showing the euro has not eroded Germany's purchasing power.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Thursday that a German inflation rate of up to three percent was tolerable, despite eurozone rules setting a target of around two percent.
