Passage: Inflation in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, remained steady at 2.3 percent in November, way above the European Central Bank's ceiling of 2.0 percent, final consumer price data showed on Wednesday. The German consumer price index (CPI) declined by 0.5 percent in November from the figure for October, but was 2.3 percent higher than it had been in November 2004, the federal statistics office, Destatis, said in a statement.
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