German inflation accelerates to 3.3% in September, matching earlier flash estimate
National CPI matched the harmonized figures, confirming a reading already flagged earlier in the day as above forecast
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Germany's flash harmonized inflation rate rose to 3.3% year-over-year in September, up from 2.9% in August. Prices climbed 0.6% month-over-month, compared with 0.2% in the prior month. National CPI matched both figures.
The reading confirms rather than surprises. An earlier release the same day had already flagged the print as coming in above the 3.2% expected reading.
Bund yields have been hovering near their highest level since 2009 as investors awaited the eurozone inflation data.
Taken together, the figures reinforce the case that disinflation in the eurozone is stalling, even as fuel-tax relief has been holding down some domestic price components. That leaves less room for the European Central Bank to ease policy and keeps pressure on European bond yields, though the data has no direct channel into US inflation, the Federal Reserve's policy path, or US equity earnings, so it remains a regional data point rather than a cross-market driver.