25 June 2001, 15:43 German inflation slows to 3.1% in June on fuel prices
--German provisional June CPI up 3.1% on year vs May up 3.5%
--German provisional June CPI up 0.2% on month vs May up 0.5%
--German harmonized June CPI up 0.3% on month, up 3.1% on year
--German Stats: June annual inflation falls mainly on fuel prices
Frankfurt, June 25 (BridgeNews) - Germany's consumer price inflation
slowed down to an annual 3.1% in June compared with 3.5% in May, according
to provisional figures released by the Federal Statistics Office in
Wiesbaden Monday. Consumer prices rose in line with forecasts by 0.2% on
the month, after a 0.5% jump posted in May. The fall in annual inflation
rate was mainly due to a considerably smaller rise in fuel prices on the
year, the statistics office said.
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