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HICP up 0.9 per cent
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2006-03-10T10:00:00.000Z
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, February 2006

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HICP up 0.9 per cent

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway rose by 0.9 per cent from January to February 2006, among others were higher electricity prices the main factor behind the increase. Petrol and electricity prices together contributed strongly to the year-to-year growth in HCPI of 2.7 per cent.

The HICP for Norway stood at 101.4 (2005=100) in February 2006, compared with 98.7 in February 2005. The year-to-year growth for HICP in February was 2.7 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in January 2006. See the Consumer Price Index for more details.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

EEA, EU and euro-zone

The HICP for EEA and the euro-zone stood at 100.6 and 100.7, respectively in January 2005. The year-to-year growth was 2.2 per cent for EEA and EU and 2.4 per cent for the euro-zone. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the HICP for the euro-zone is 2.3 per cent for February 2006.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for
Norway and other selected countries.
Change in per cent
 
 December 2004-
December 2005		January 2005-
January 2006		February 2005-
February 2006
 
Norway2.01.812.7
Iceland1.01.3 
Sweden1.31.1 
Denmark32.22.0 
Finland11.12: 
Germany2.12.1 
UK2.01.9 
EEA12.112.2 
EU12.112.2 
Euro-zone12.212.4 
 
1 Provisional or preliminary figure.
2 Not available.
3 Corrected figure.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.