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HICP up 0.3 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, May 2005

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HICP up 0.3 per cent

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.3 per cent from March to April 2005. The most important factor behind the growth was increase in the electricity prices.

The HICP for Norway stood at 118.7 (1996=100) in May 2005, compared with 117.0 in May last year. The year-to-year growth in May was 1.5 per cent, up 0.3 percentage points from April.

See http://www.ssb.no/english/kpi_en/ for more details.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

EEA, EU and euro-zone

The HICP for EEA and the euro-zone stood at 117.5 and 117.9, respectively in April 2005. The year-to-year growth was 2.1 per cent for both, the same as in March 2005. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the euro-zone is 2.0 per cent for May 2005.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for Norway and
other selected countries. Change in per cent
  March 2004-March 2005 April 2004-April 2005 May 2004-May 2005
Norway 0.9 1.2 21.5
Iceland 2.5 1.6  
Sweden 0.5 0.4  
Denmark 1.3 1.7  
Finland 0.9 1.1  
Germany 1.7 1.4  
UK 1.9 1.9  
EEA 12.1 22.1  
EU 2.1 22.1  
Euro-zone 2.1 22.1  
1  Revised figure.
2  Provisional or preliminary figure.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.