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Wiesbaden (dpa / lhe) - Inflation in Hesse continued to rise in April.
Consumer prices were 1.9 percent above the level of the same month last year, as the State Statistical Office announced on Thursday.
In March the annual inflation rate was 1.7 percent, in February it was 1.0 percent.
Inflation has risen steadily since the beginning of the year.
From March to April 2021, according to calculations by statisticians, consumer prices rose by 0.7 percent.
Energy in particular has become more expensive since the beginning of the year.
Since the beginning of 2021, a levy of 25 euros per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted has been due, which is generated when diesel, petrol, heating oil and natural gas are burned.
This is causing the prices for heating and refueling to climb.
In Hesse, consumers had to pay an average of 8.1 percent more for energy products in April than a year earlier.
The prices for fuels shot up by 24.4 percent, heating oil rose by 23.2 percent within a year.
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People also had to dig deeper into their pockets for food.
In this category the prices were on average 1.2 percent above the level of the same month last year.
Vegetables in particular (plus 4.2 percent) cost noticeably more than in April 2020.
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State office on inflation rate 04/2021