German annual inflation holds steady in July

[July 30, 2015]  BERLIN (Reuters) - German annual inflation harmonized to compare with other European countries remained stable at 0.1 percent in July, preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on Thursday.

That was the joint-weakest reading in Europe's largest economy since February and was bang in line with the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll.

Nonetheless, it came in well below the European Central Bank's inflation target for the broader euro zone of just below 2 percent over the medium term.

The statistics office said it would publish final consumer price data for July on August 13.

(Reporting by Michelle Martin; Editing by Madeline Chambers)

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