China News Service, Berlin, July 13 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) According to data released by the German Federal Statistics Office on the 13th, the inflation rate in Germany in June fell slightly to 7.6% compared with 7.9% in May, but it was still at a high level. Level.
The head of the Federal Statistical Office, Georg Thiel, said that the main reason for the high inflation rate remains the increase in the price of energy products.
The government's 9-euro monthly pass and "fuel discount" measures to reduce the burden on energy prices introduced in June had a slight dampening effect on headline inflation.
The Federal Statistics Office also pointed out that supply chain disruptions and supply bottlenecks caused by the new crown epidemic, as well as marked increases in upstream prices, also pushed up inflation.
In this context, not only have energy products become more expensive, but the prices of other goods and services, especially food, have also risen.
Data show that the price of energy products in June rose 38.0% over the same period last year.
Among them, fuel prices rose by 33.2%, household energy prices rose by 40.7%, and natural gas prices rose by 60.7%.
The Federal Statistical Office pointed out that despite the measures taken to reduce the burden on energy prices, the price increase of energy products was still significantly higher than the overall price increase.
The data shows that the price of household food increased by 12.7% year-on-year, of which the price of edible oil rose sharply by 43.1%; the price of service industry increased by 2.1% compared with the same period of last year.
Excluding the price of energy products, the monthly inflation rate was 4.2%; if the price of energy products and food were excluded, the monthly inflation rate was 3.2%.
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