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Wiesbaden (dpa / lhe) - The rise in prices in Hesse continued to pick up speed in March.
The level of consumer prices was 1.7 percent above the previous year, as the State Statistical Office announced on Tuesday in Wiesbaden.
This development was particularly marked by a sharp rise in the price of mineral oil products, heating oil and fuels.
The inflation rate was 1.0 percent in February 2021 and 0.9 percent in January.
Compared to February 2021, consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in March.
Within a month, the price of energy rose by 2.5 percent, compared to March 2020 by 5.8 percent.
Food prices grew by 1.0 percent in March compared to the same month last year.
Due to the corona pandemic, the on-site price collection was not possible or only to a limited extent in March in many shops in Hesse, the state office said.
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Communication from the State Office