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Harmonized index up 0.5 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, March 2004

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Harmonized index up 0.5 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.5 per cent from February to March 2004, and was mainly caused by a price rise after sales on clothing and higher prices of petrol and transport services. Lower tariffs on electricity dampened the price increase.

The HICP for Norway was 116.7 (1996=100) in March this year in comparison with 117.2 in March last year, a decrease of 0.4 per cent the last 12 months. Please see http://www.ssb.no/english/kpi_en/ for more details.

Harmonized index of consumer prices

EEA, EU and the Euro-zone

The year-to-year growth in the HICP for the European Union (EU) and the EEA was 1.5 per cent in February. The increase in the Euro-zone was 1.6 per cent in the same period. Eurostat have in advance estimated the year-to-year growth in the Euro-zone to 1.6 per cent in March.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices
for Norway and other selected countries.
Change in per cent
  January 2003-
January 2004 		February 2003-
February 2004 		March 2003-
March 2004
Norway -1.4 -1.5              2-0.4
Iceland 1.4 1.4  
Sweden 1.3 0.2  
Denmark 1.0 0.7  
Finland 0.8 0.4  
Germany 31.2 0.8  
UK 1.4 1.3  
EEA 1.7 21.5  
EU 1.8 21.5  
Euro-zone 1.9 21.6  
US1 1.9 ...  
Japan1 -0.3 ...  
1  National CPI.
2  Provisional or preliminary figure.
3  Revised figure.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.