BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - German consumer prices,
harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, rose
by a more-than-anticipated 7.8% on the year in March,
preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on
Thursday.
Compared to February, prices increased by 1.1%, it added.
Analysts had expected harmonised data to increase by 0.8% on
the previous month and grow by 7.5% on an annual basis.
The statistics office offers a breakdown for March figures
on its website.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray, editing by Friederike Heine)