Goods and services would have cost in July on average only 0.8 percent more than a year earlier, said the Federal Statistical Office on Wednesday. Low inflation fell last in February 2010 with 0.5 percent, as the economy struggled with the aftermath of the global financial crisis. In June it stood at 1.0 percent. The European Central Bank (ECB) speaks only at values ​​of just under two percent of stable prices.

Relieves consumers were mainly in energy costs, which fell