BERLIN, Jan 3 (Reuters) - German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, rose by 9.6% on the year in December, preliminary data from the Federal Statistics Office showed on Tuesday.
Compared with November, prices decreased by 1.2%, it added.
Analysts had expected harmonised data to fall 0.5% on the previous month and increase 10.7% on an annual basis.
The statistics office offers a breakdown for December on its website. (Reporting by Miranda Murray Editing by Madeline Chambers)
