BERLIN, Nov 24 - Consumer prices in the German state of Bavaria fell in November by 0.5 percent month-on-month and rose by 2.1 percent year-on-year, the state's statistics office said on Wednesday.
In October, Bavaria's consumer price index rose by 0.4 percent compared with the previous month, and by 2.5 percent year-on-year.
Data for six major German states are used to calculate a preliminary figure for Germany.
The statistics office gave the following breakdown of its November consumer price data:
Percentage change
Index/component mth/mth yr/yr Index
Overall price index -0.5 +2.1 107.2
Food, soft drinks unch -0.7 103.9
Alcoholic beverages, tobacco +0.1 +8.4 119.4
Clothing, shoes +0.1 +0.1 104.4
Housing rents, water, electricity,
gas and other fuels -0.4 +2.3 108.0
Furniture and other household goods -0.2 -0.1 103.0
Health and personal care items +0.1 +20.8 122.5
Transport -1.5 +2.6 110.7
Communications -0.2 -2.1 95.0
Entertainment, leisure -1.3 -0.8 98.0
Education unch +6.8 116.9
Lodgings and restaurant services -0.3 +1.6 109.5
Other goods and services +0.1 +1.7 110.0
Foodstuffs unch -0.8 104.4
of these - seasonal goods -0.3 -5.6 96.6
Household energy -2.3 +5.3 116.4
Heating oil -13.8 +26.0 111.1
Fuels -5.4 +5.5 112.9
Services (without rents) -0.4 +3.0 109.9
of these - package tours -6.8 -0.9 95.2
Housing rents (without add. costs) +0.2 +1.4 106.4
Additional housing costs unch +3.1 108.3