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Harmonized index up 0.4 per cent
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2000-12-11T10:00:00.000Z
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, November 2000

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Harmonized index up 0.4 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway was 111.2 (1996=100) in November, an increase of 0.4 per cent from October. From November 1999 to November this year the HICP increased by 3.1 per cent, the same as in October.

The increase from October to November is mainly due to higher tariffs on electricity, higher rentals for housing and increased prices of some food, and also of non-alcoholic beverages. A decrease in prices of audiovisual equipment pulled in the opposite direction.

Highest growth

The HICP for the EEA remained unchanged from September to October. The year to year growth was 2.4 per cent in October after 2.5 per cent in September. In the European Monetary Union the year to year growth in October was 2.7 per cent after 2.8 per cent in September. Since October last year Ireland has had the highest increase in prices in the EEA with 6.0 per cent. It is especially the prices of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and housing, water, electricity gas and other fuels that have gone up. Luxembourg and Spain have also had a strong increase and prices went up by 4.3 and 4.0 per cent respectively.

The Nordic countries

Measured by the year to year growth in October, Iceland had the highest growth in prices in the Nordic countries by 3.8 per cent, while Sweden only had an increase of 1.3 per cent in the same period. In Iceland the prices of miscellaneous goods, services and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels have increased considerably. Sweden on the other hand had a strong decrease in the prices of communication that lowered the price growth. In the same period the prices in Finland, Norway and Denmark went up by 3.4, 3.1 and 2.8 per cent, respectively.