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Annual growth of 0.6 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, December 2004

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Annual growth of 0.6 per cent

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway rose by 0.6 per cent from 2003 to 2004. The HICP was 116.9 (1996=100) in 2004. The low annual growth was mainly caused by price decrease of clothing, electricity and passenger transport by air.

The HICP for Norway stood at 117.2 (1996=100) in December 2004 compared with 115.8 in December previous year. The year-to-year growth was 1.2 per cent in December, down from 1.4 per cent in November. From November to December 2004 the HICP went down 0.2 per cent. 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 EU and the EEA was 2.1 per cent in November. The increase in the euro-zone was 2.2 per cent in the same period. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the euro-zone is 2.3 per cent in December.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for Norway and
other selected countries. Change in per cent
  October 2003-
October 2004 		November 2003-
November 2004 		December 2003-
December 2004 		Annual growth
2003-2004
Norway 1.4 1.4 11.2 10.6
Iceland 2.9 2.9    
Sweden 1.4 1.1    
Denmark 1.6 1.0    
Finland 0.6 0.2    
Germany 2.2 2.0    
UK 1.2 1.5    
EEA 2.2 12.1    
EU 2.2 12.1    
Euro-zone 2.4 12.2    
1  Provisional or preliminary figures.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.