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Germany's Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Q4 2026 (October) dropped to 103.8, showing a month-on-month decrease from the previous 103.93, while the annual growth rate also slowed to 2.8%, outperforming market expectations. This was primarily driven by the effectiveness of short-term fuel tax cuts, which led to a significant cooling in both energy and core inflation. However, this data stands in sharp contrast to the overall rising inflation in the Eurozone, which will increase the difficulty of subsequent decision-making for the European Central Bank (ECB).