(FILES) A digital display shows the price of petrol at a petrol station in Dortmund on July 29, 2026. German inflation picked up pace in July, provisional data showed on July 30, 2026, as energy price growth accelerated. Overall inflation came in at 2.8 percent in July, statistics office Destatis said, up from 2.3 percent in June. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, price growth came in at just 2.4 percent. But energy prices were up 8.3 percent -- a faster rate of growth than in May or June. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)