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Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
Profits & Margins Plunge In Q1: Expect More Margin Contraction As Fed Squeezes Inflation
The Many Links of Inflation Cycle: Hard Landing Is Needed to Crack Them
Peak Inflation and Fed Policy: A Relationship which Should Worry the Fed and Scare Investors
Why Have the Yields on TIPS Been Negative in the Past Two Years?
by Robert Brusca September 19, 2007
Year-over-year German inflation is lower. But over six months and six months pressures are back in August. The small seeming 0.4% rise in August is enough to boost the three-month growth rate and the six-month rate. Currently, the configuration is showing classical inflation acceleration as the 3-month inflation pace exceeds the six- month pace which in turn exceeds the Yr/Yr pace. June had seemed to bring inflation trends to a head in Germany, then in July pressures backed off. Now in August they seem to be back.
| %m/m | |||||||
| Aug-07 | Jul-07 | Jun-07 | 3-mo SAAR | 6-mo SAAR | 12-mo | 12-moY-Ago | |
| MFG | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 5.9% |
| Ex Energy | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.0% |
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