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Price growth of 2.3 per cent in the EEA
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, February 2003

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Price growth of 2.3 per cent in the EEA

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for the EEA was 112.3 (1996=100) in February. The year-to-year change was 2.3 per cent, up from 2.1 per cent in January. In comparison, the year-to-year growth in Norway was 4.1 per cent.

The HICP in the Euro-zone was 112.5 in February. The year-to-year growth in February was 2.4 per cent, up from 2.2 per cent in January.

For Norway the HICP was 117.9 in February, up 0.3 per cent from January. From February 2002 to February 2003 the consumer prices rose by 4.1 per cent.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in
per cent
  Annual growth 2001-2002 December 2001-December 2002 January 2002-January 2003 February 2002-February 2003
Norway 0.8 2.6 4.2 4.1
Iceland 5.3 1.9 1.1 1.1
Sweden 2.0 1.7 2.6 3.3
Denmark 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.9
Finland 2.0 1.7 1.4 2.1
Germany 1.3* 1.1* 1.0* 1.3*
UK 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.63
EEA 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3*
EU 2.1* 2.2* 2.1* 2.3*
Euro-zone 2.2* 2.3* 2.2* 2.4*
USA1 1.6 2.4 2.6 ...
Japan1 -0.9 -0.32 -0.4 ...
1  National CPI.
2  Revised figure.
3  Changed 19 March 2003.
* Provisional or preliminary figure.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.