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Harmonized index up 0.5 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, April 2005

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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 March to April 2005. Petrol and clothing were two main contributors to the increase.

The HICP for Norway stood at 118.3 (1996=100) in April 2005 compared with 116.9 in April last year. The year-to-year growth in April was 1.2 per cent, up 0.3 percentage points from March.

See the Consumer Price Index for more details.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

EEA, EU and euro-zone

The year-to-year growth in the HICP for the EEA was 2.0 per cent in March 2005. The growth in the EU and the euro-zone was 2.1 per cent in the same period. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the euro-zone is 2.1 per cent for April 2005.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer
Prices for Norway and other selected
countries. Change in per cent
  February 2004-
February 2005 		March 2004-
March 2005 		April 2004-
April 2005
Norway 0.9 0.9 21.2
Iceland 2.9 2.5  
Sweden 1.2 0.5  
Denmark 1.0 1.3  
Finland - 0.9  
Germany 1.8 1.7  
UK 1.6 1:  
EEA 2.1 22.0  
EU 2.1 22.1  
Euro-zone 2.1 22.1  
1  Not available.
2  Provisional or preliminary figures.
Source:  Statistics Norway and Eurostat.