Economic data

National consumer price index (VPI, not HICP), all items, Germany, unadjusted, percent change on the same month a year earlier, as published. History starts 1995-01 because the Bundesbank series splices West German and older cost-of-living indices before 1995. Release times and vintages are unknown.

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Verbraucherpreisindex, % gegen Vorjahr; via Deutsche Bundesbank time series BBDP1.M.DE.N.VPI.C.A00000.VGJ.LV, accessed 2026-10-13. Source: Deutsche Bundesbank. Values are reproduced unaltered.

Reuse terms: Destatis statistic republished by the Deutsche Bundesbank (owner rules apply; Bundesbank terms 4.3). Effective resale permission: not permitted.

Series-wide coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-09-01. SOTW publication: 2026-10-14T00:39:03.883076+00:00.

Acquisition and dataset-update dates do not establish original publication dates. This view shows current source readings. Use a recorded-state pin to replay SOTW’s archive from its activation boundary.

This reviewed definition covers one geography with its publisher’s own method and scope. Country overlays require a qualified comparable cohort.

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  "concept": "Verbraucherpreisindex (national CPI), all items, Germany; percent change on the same month a year earlier",
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  "cross_check": {
    "rule": "every admitted month equals the index-implied rate at one decimal, round half up",
    "index_series": "BBDP1.M.DE.N.VPI.C.A00000.I20.L"
  },
  "status_rule": "Any Bundesbank flag on an admitted month refuses the family; finality and revision stage are unknown.",
  "growth_basis": "Native year-on-year percent as published; identity-checked against the published index, not recomputed",
  "native_title": "Verbraucherpreisindex / Deutschland / Ursprungswerte / Insgesamt  / % gegen Vorjahr",
  "rights_scope": "Bundesbank terms 4.1 allow saving, forwarding and reproducing its information for professional use, unaltered, citing \"Source: Deutsche Bundesbank\"; clause 4.3 says other owners' rules apply to their material. The CPI is a Destatis statistic; Destatis's own licence statement could not be retained (its legal notice refused automated reads, HTTP 403) and needs confirmation.",
  "native_source": "Statistischen Bundesamtes, Wiesbaden.",
  "source_updated": {
    "latest_period": "2026-09",
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    "bundesbank_stand_vom": "13.10.2026 08:17:55 Uhr",
    "actual_source_availability_at": null,
    "original_publisher_release_at": null
  },
  "admitted_history": "1995-01 onward: the method note states \"ab 1995: Verbraucherpreisindex\"; earlier spliced indices are excluded",
  "native_method_note": "Gebietsstand: Bis 1994 Westdeutschland, danach Deutschland.  Bis 1962: Preisindex für die Lebenshaltung von 4-Personen-Haushalten von Arbeitern und Angestellten mit mittlerem Einkommen, 1963-1994: Preisindex für die Lebenshaltung aller privaten Haushalte, ab 1995: Verbraucherpreisindex",
  "seasonal_adjustment": "not seasonally adjusted",
  "scalar_factor_applied": false,
  "native_values_recomputed": false,
  "seasonal_adjustment_basis": "The series title says \"Ursprungswerte\" (original, unadjusted values); the Bundesbank publishes the adjusted index separately as \"kalender- und saisonbereinigt\" (BBDP1.M.DE.Y...).",
  "private_raw_source_bodies_publicly_redistributed": false
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