{
  "id": 14138549,
  "title": "Prices: Inflation rises for the first time since the end of 2023 to over three percent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/preise-inflation-steigt-erstmals-seit-ende-2023-uber-drei-prozent",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:38:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/konjunktur/preise-inflation-steigt-erstmals-seit-ende-2023-ueber-drei-prozent/100261759.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany's inflation rate has exceeded 3% for the first time in almost three years, driven by high energy prices. In September, prices for goods and services were 3.3% higher than a year earlier, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The office's president, Ruth Brand, said the inflation rate reached a new yearly high, with significant price increases for mineral oil products and heating oil. Energy costs rose 14.9% year-on-year, with fuel prices up 37.1% and light heating oil up almost 75%.",
  "summary": "Life in Germany has become more expensive in September to an extent not seen in almost three years. A fuel discount is intended to reduce fuel costs. Experts nevertheless expect high inflation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Expensive fuel and heating oil: Inflation rises for the first time since the end of 2023 to over three percent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/teures-tanken-und-heizol-inflation-steigt-erstmals-seit-ende-2023",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:27:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}