For the year, output prices in the EU's main economy rose by 37.3%, against a forecast of 32%. That's a 73-year high.
It's all about the rising price of gas and its scarcity in the last couple of months. Restrictions on Nord Stream supplies are hitting the region's producers of goods and services, spinning up the price of production, and hence production products in the future.
The cost of energy in Germany rose 105% over the year, with gas up 163.8% and electricity up 125.4%.
For the month, inflation in the manufacturing sector was 5.3%, very big numbers when you consider that last month's figure was at 0.6%.
