Germany's consumer price inflation reached its lowest level since 2009, data from Destatis revealed Tuesday.
Inflation eased to 0.3 percent in 2015 from 0.9 percent in 2014. The year-on-year rate of price increase has been declining since 2011, Destatis said.
Such a low inflation was last recorded in 2009, when the rate was 0.3 percent. The slowdown was largely driven by a sharp 7 percent decrease in energy product prices.
At the same time, the harmonized index of consumer prices gained 0.1 percent in 2015 from last year.
The statistical office confirmed the preliminary figures for both consumer and harmonized consumer prices.
In December, consumer price inflation came in at 0.3 percent versus 0.4 percent in November. Month-on-month, consumer prices slid 0.1 percent.
Both monthly and annual figures matched preliminary estimate published on January 4.
The HICP climbed 0.2 percent annually in December, in line with flash estimate. On a monthly basis, the index remained unchanged as estimated.
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