The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed ECB details anti-deflation cash splurge The European Central Bank (ECB) is flooding the European markets with money by buying up government bonds, hoping to push prices on consumer goods back up. https://www.thelocal.de/20150305/bond-buying-ecb-eurozone-frankfurt Thu, 05 Mar 2015 18:58:53 +0100 bond-buying-ecb-eurozone-frankfurt Lower energy costs tank inflation rate Plummeting energy costs and oil prices have driven Germany's rate of inflation into the red, the federal statistics agency reported on Thursday, though economists aren't ready to start talking deflation just yet. https://www.thelocal.de/20150129/german-inflation-rate-drops-to-03-percent Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:28:07 +0100 german-inflation-rate-drops-to-03-percent German prices fall for first time in 22 years German prices fell for the first time in 22 years in July, official statistics showed Wednesday, but analysts said Europe's biggest economy was unlikely to slip into a dangerous deflationary spiral. https://www.thelocal.de/20090729/20905 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:48:00 +0200 20905 Deflation threat fades as prices rise by tiny degree German consumer prices rose by a meagre 0.1 percent in June compared with the same month in 2008, but a threat of deflation appeared to be easing, provisional official figures released on Friday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20090626/20215 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:55:00 +0200 20215