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Lower consumer price growth in Norway than in the EEA
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for the EEA was 113.1 (1996=100) in June. The year-to-year change in the EEA was 1.8 per cent in June. In comparison, the year-to-year growth in Norway was 1.5 per cent in June.
The HICP in the Euro-zone was 113.3 in June. The year-to-year growth in June was 2.0 per cent, up from 1.9 per cent in May.
For Norway the HICP was 115.5 in June, down 0.3 per cent from May. From June 2002 to June 2003 the consumer prices rose by 1.5 per cent, down from 1.8 per cent in May.
For more information, please see Eurostats " News Release ".
Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for Norway and
other selected countries. Change in per cent |
April 2002-April 2003 | May 2002-May 2003 | June 2002-June 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norway | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iceland | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EEA | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EU | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Euro-zone | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japan1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | National CPI. |
* | Provisional or preliminary figure. |
Source: Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT. |
The statistics is now published as Consumer price index.
Contact
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Konsumprisindeksen
E-mail: konsumprisindeksen@ssb.no
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Kjersti Nyborg Hov
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Camilla Rochlenge
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Gunnar Larsson
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Trym Kristian Økland
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