German Import Prices, Retail Sales Fall in October
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Import prices were 1.4% lower in October 2025 than in October 2024. In September 2025, the rate of change compared to the same month of the previous year was -1.0%, in August 2025 at -1.5%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that import prices rose by 0.2% in October 2025 compared with the previous month of September 2025. {/mprestriction} Export prices were 0.5% higher in October 2025 than in October 2024. In September 2025,…
Bankinter Market Consensus Retail sales slow down in October. In annual terms +1.3% per year vs +0.1% expected and +3.4% previously (revised since +2.8%). In the monthly comparison -0.3% vs +0.2 expected vs +0.3% ant. (revised since +0.2%). Likewise, import prices (October) fall less than expected: -1.4% per year compared to -1.6% expected vs -1.0% previous. Review team opinion: Weak October data in line with the IFO, the ZEW survey and the PMI…
Import prices in October were on average 0.4 percent lower than in September and one percent lower than in October last year. In both monthly and year-on-year comparisons, prices fell the most in the area of ores and rocks, the National Statistical Office announced today.
According to preliminary figures from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail sales in Germany fell by 0.3% in real terms (price-adjusted) and by 0.1% in nominal terms (not price-adjusted) in October 2025 compared to September 2025, after adjusting for calendar and seasonal effects. Compared to the same month of the previous year, October 2024, sales increased by 0.9% in real terms and by 2.2% in nominal terms. Following a revision of …
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