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Annual growth of 1.5 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, December 2005

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Annual growth of 1.5 per cent

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway rose by 1.5 per cent from 2004 to 2005. Price increases in the group: operation of personal transport equipment is of the major factors behind the annual growth.

The HICP for Norway stood at 119.5 (1996=100) in December 2005 compared with 117.2 in December the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 2.0 per cent in December, up from 1.9 per cent in November. Please see http://www.ssb.no/kpi_en/ for more details.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

EEA, EU and the euro-zone

The HICP for EEA and the euro-zone stood at 118.7 and 119.1, respectively in November 2005.

The year-to-year growth in the HICP for the EU and the EEA was 2.2 per cent in November. The increase in the euro-zone was 2.3 per cent in the same period. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the euro-zone is 2.2 per cent in December.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for Norway
and other selected countries. Change in per cent
 
 October 2004-
October 2005		November 2004-
November 2005		December 2004-
December 2005		Annual growth
2004-2005
 
Norway1.91.912.011.5
Iceland1.51.1  
Sweden0.91.2  
Denmark1.91.9  
Finland0.81.0  
Germany2.42.3  
UK2.32.1  
EEA2.412.2  
EU2.412.2  
Euro-zone2.512.3  
 
1 Provisional or preliminary figures.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.