Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported on Thursday the country's consumer price index (CPI) is expected to decrease 0.6 m-o-m in January 2020 after gaining 0.5 percent m-o-m in the previous month.

On the y-o-y basis, Germany's inflation rate is seen to rise 1.71 percent this month, following a 1.5 percent advance in December 2019. That would be the highest level since July 2019.

Economists had predicted inflation would fall 0.6 percent m-o-m and would increase 1.7 percent y-o-y in January.

According to the report, food price growth accelerated to 2.3 percent y-o-y in January from 2.1 percent y-o-y in December, while energy prices surged 3.4 percent y-o-y, following a drop of 0.1 percent y-o-y in the previous month. Services costs rose 1.5 percent y-o-y in January after a 1.8 percent y-o-y climb in December.

Meanwhile, the harmonized index of consumer prices for Germany (HICP), which is calculated for European purposes, is expected to decrease 0.8 percent m-o-m but grow 1.6 percent y-o-y.