FRANKFURT: Inflation in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, slowed fractionally in July with consumer prices rising by just 0.2 percent year-on-year, final data showed on Tuesday.
In June, the index had risen by 0.3 percent on a 12-month basis, the federal statistics office Destatis said in a statement.
The slowdown was caused by a decline in energy prices, the data showed.
Using the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) -- the yardstick used by the European Central Bank -- inflation in Germany rose by just 0.1 percent year-on-year in July, the same rate of change as in June and a long way below the ECB's annual inflation target of just below two percent.
The final data confirm a preliminary estimate published at the end of last month.
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