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German inflation still over target at 2.1% German inflation still over target at 2.1%
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Rising energy prices kept German inflation high at 2.1% in January 2012, according to official figures from Destatis.Rising energy prices kept German inflation high at 2.1% in January 2012, according to official figures from Destatis.
The inflation rate compares with 2.3% for the whole of 2011 and 1.1% in 2010. The figures show Germany moving slowly away from its 2008 peak of 2.6%.The inflation rate compares with 2.3% for the whole of 2011 and 1.1% in 2010. The figures show Germany moving slowly away from its 2008 peak of 2.6%.
The latest result keeps Germany outside the European Central Bank's target rate for eurozone inflation.The latest result keeps Germany outside the European Central Bank's target rate for eurozone inflation.
The ECB's target rate is close to, but below, 2%.The ECB's target rate is close to, but below, 2%.
Excluding energy prices, inflation would have been 1.5%.Excluding energy prices, inflation would have been 1.5%.
Energy prices, including motor fuels, rose 7.2% at the start of the year.Energy prices, including motor fuels, rose 7.2% at the start of the year.
The figures come one day after the European Central Bank's latest monthly interest rate decision.The figures come one day after the European Central Bank's latest monthly interest rate decision.
Rates were left unchanged at 1.0% by the bank in Frankfurt on Thursday, despite hopes from debt-laden southern European countries which had been hoping for a cut in rates to reduce their borrowing costs.Rates were left unchanged at 1.0% by the bank in Frankfurt on Thursday, despite hopes from debt-laden southern European countries which had been hoping for a cut in rates to reduce their borrowing costs.
Separately, Italy's industrial production rose by 1.4% in December according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Italian statistical office Istat. However, output was down 1.7% when compared with the same month a year earlier.
In France, industrial production fell 1.4% in December from the month before, according to the French statistics institute Insee.