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Germany's core HICP annual growth rate in August 2026 fell back to 2.5%, cooling slightly from 2.6% in the previous month, indicating that the underlying price pressures excluding energy and food continue to ease. Although Middle East geopolitics pushed up oil prices and led to a rebound in headline inflation, the stabilization of core inflation provides a buffer for the European Central Bank's (ECB) future monetary policy path.