German inflation rate at +2.2% in March 2024

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, APR 12 - Germany's inflation rate, as measured by the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), was +2.2% in March 2024, according to the statistical office Destatis.
    "The rate of inflation has decreased further," says Ruth Brand, President of the Federal Statistical Office. She adds: "The price situation for energy and food had a dampening effect on inflation for the second consecutive month. In March 2024, consumers had to pay less for food than a year earlier for the first time since February 2015." (ANSA).