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Germany reduced its VAT last year in july by 3% and reinstated it this year. This masks inflation quite a bit. Inflation last august was 0% (rest of the year was negative). So inflation compared to 2019 is also 4% for august.

source: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1045/umfrage/...

gas prices in germany are highly volatile in general. It is currently as expensive as it was 2012.

source: https://www.adac.de/verkehr/tanken-kraftstoff-antrieb/deutsc...