Latest data released by Destatis - 20 July 2020

  • Prior -0.4%
  • PPI -1.8% vs -1.7% y/y expected
  • Prior -2.2%

Slight delay in the release by the source. Producer prices continue to stay more subdued amid the fallout from the virus crisis and that isn't too healthy a sign of price pressures in the German economy. That said, this is a bit of a lagging and proxy indicator of inflation.