FILE PHOTO: People shop groceries at an Aldi supermarket in Berlin, Germany, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) -German inflation rose to 2.1% in August, the federal statistics office said on Friday, confirming preliminary data.

German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, had risen by 1.8% year-on-year in July.

(Reporting by Thomas Seythal, Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing by Friederike Heine)