German North Rhine-Westphalia State CPI YY (Dec) 3.5% (Prev. 3.0%); Core 3.4% (prev. 3.7%)

• "The increase in prices for various household energies (+5.6 percent; including district heating in particular +40.0 percent) is due, among other things, to: This can be explained by the so-called base effect, which is related to the “December one-off payment” to relieve the burden on private households for natural gas and district heating in December 2022."
• "With this press release, the results of the consumer price index for North Rhine-Westphalia will be published for the last time at 7:30 a.m. The press release and the provision of the data in the various channels (e.g. state database and the social media profiles of the State Statistical Office) are planned for the first time at 10:00 a.m. with the January results on January 31st."

via NRW