Consumer price index, April 2018:

• +1.6% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)

• 0.0% on the previous month (provisional)

Harmonised index of consumer prices, April 2018:

• +1.4% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)

• -0.1% on the previous month (provisional)

The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be 1.6% in April 2018. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to remain unchanged on March 2018.