Inflation reaches almost ten percent

Created: 09/29/2022, 10:52 am

Groceries are in a shopping cart in a supermarket.

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Higher energy and food prices, as well as the expiry of the €9 ticket and fuel discount, have further fueled inflation in the region.

In September, consumer prices in Berlin were 9.6 percent higher than a year earlier, in Brandenburg 9.9 percent, as the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office announced on Thursday.

Berlin – It became more expensive in almost all areas of life, especially energy.

Heating oil and gas cost about twice as much in Berlin as in September 2021, and a little more in Brandenburg.

Coal and wood pellets also became significantly more expensive.

Food prices are about 19 percent higher than last year.

dpa