Germany saw inflation weaken further in March, lowering food and energy prices compared to a year earlier. Details on March inflation will be published by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, on Friday at 8 am (0600 GMT). According to preliminary data from the authority, consumer prices were 2.2% higher than in the same month last year. The last time the figure was lower was in April 2021, when it was 2.0%. In February the inflation rate was still at 2.5% and in January at 2.9%. Despite the expiry of the energy price brake at the beginning of the year and the increase in the carbon …