berlin aug 1 reuters  dhl group dhlnde on tuesday reported a slump in quarterly earnings as high inflation the war in ukraine and the ongoing energy crisis weighed on consumer demand as well as freight rates hitting the logistics and mail sectors in the three months through june dhls operating profit ebit dropped by 27 to 169 billion euros 186 billion a tad above analyst consensus for 165 billion falling global consumer demand soaring inflation and high inventories have dragged freight rates down from their pandemic highs denting earnings of freight forwarders such as dhl kuehnenagel knins and denmarks dsv dsvco  at the same time dhl raised the lower end of its 2023 profit guidance range the bonnbased group which recently changed its name from deutsche post dhl now sees its annual ebit between 62 billion and 7 billion euros having previously forecast a figure between 6 and 7 billion 1  09101 euros