Germany's wholesale prices for March rose at the slowest pace since late 2009, data released by the Federal Statistical Office showed Friday.
The wholesale price index rose 0.3 percent year-on-year, following a 1.4 percent increase in February. Economists had expected prices to remain flat. The latest increase in prices was the slowest since December 2009, the agency said.
Month-on-month, wholesale prices fell 0.2 percent in March, after a 0.1 percent gain in February. Economists had forecast a monthly decline of 0.5 percent.
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