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HICP up 0.2 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, March 2006

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HICP up 0.2 per cent

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.2 per cent from February to March 2006. The price rise can mainly be explained by increase in clothing prices.

The HICP for Norway stood at 101.6 (2005=100) in March 2006, compared with 99.2 in March 2005. The year-to-year growth for HICP in March was 2.4 per cent, down from 2.7 per cent in February 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 100.9 in February 2006. The year-to-year growth was 2.2 per cent for EEA and EU and 2.3 per cent for the euro-zone. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the HICP for the euro-zone is 2.2 per cent for March 2006.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for
Norway and other selected countries. Change in
per cent
 
      January 2005-
January 2006		     February 2005-
February 2006		     March 2005-
March 2006
 
Norway1.82.712.4
Iceland     1.31.2 
Sweden1.11.1 
Denmark2.02.1 
Finland2:2: 
Germany2.12.1 
UK1.92: 
EEA12.212.2 
EU12.212.2 
Euro-zone     12.412.3 
 
1 Provisional or preliminary figures.
2 Not available.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.