WIESBADEN, Germany (AFX) - The German harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), including additional components for the first time, was 2.2 pct higher year on year and rose 0.3 pct from December, the federal statistics office said.
It said that these figures represent the first time that additional goods and services in health and social sectors have been included in German HICP, which is used by Eurostat to calculate HICP for the whole euro zone.
It said that the the new methods bring true harmonised HICP statistics for the euro zone a step closer.
Euro zone Jan HICP is due to be published on 28 Feb. It said that in future German HICP will be published alongside German CPI (consumer price index).