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EEA consumer prices up 2.1 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, August 2004

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EEA consumer prices up 2.1 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for the EEA was 115.5 (1996=100) in August. The year-to-year change in August was 2.1 per cent in the EEA. In comparison, the HICP for Norway increased by 1.1 per cent in the same period.

The HICP in the euro-zone was 115.9 in August, and the year-to-year change was 2.3 per cent. In advance, Eurostat estimated the growth from August 2003 to August 2004 in the euro-zone to 2.3 per cent.

For Norway the HICP was 116.6 in August, down 0.3 per cent from July. From August 2003 to August 2004 the consumer prices increased by 1.1 per cent, down from 1.6 per cent in July.

For more information, please see Eurostats " News Releases ".

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for
Norway and other selected countries.
Change in per cent
        June 2003-
June 2004 		      July 2003-
July 2004 		      August 2003-
August 2004
Norway 1.3 1.6 1.1
Iceland 2.9 2.8 3.1
Sweden 1.2 1.2 1.2
Denmark 0.9 1.1 0.9
Finland -0.1 0.2 0.3
Germany 1.9 2.0 2.1
UK 1.6 1.4 1.3
EEA 2.3 2.2 12.1
EU 2.3 2.2 12.1
Euro-zone 2.4 2.3 12.3
1  Provisional or preliminary figures.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.