german inflation accelerated again in august after easing in both june and july in a sign that price pressures persist as the energy supply crisis lingers the consumer price indexa measure of what consumers pay for goods and servicesrose 79 in august compared with the same month a year ago measured by national standards up from 75 in july preliminary data from german statistics office destatis showed tuesday economists polled by the wall street journal expected inflation to come in at 78 consumer price inflation in august accelerated to 79 the same registered in may which is the highest reading since 1973 after declining slightly both in june and july due to temporary government measures in august consumer prices rose 88 on year by european union harmonized standards destatis said