Inflation fell ?in ?several key German states ?in October, preliminary data showed on Friday, ?suggesting Germany's national inflation rate could also decrease this ?month. • In Bavaria, the inflation ?rate fell to 2.8% in October from ?3.2% in ?September. In North Rhine-Westphalia it dipped to 2.7% from ?3.3%, while in Lower Saxony it fell to 2.9% from 3.3%. Baden-Wuerttemberg saw a 0.3 percentage point fall to ?2.6% while in Saxony the inflation rate remained at ?2.8%.