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Marginal growth in HICP
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, April 2007

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Marginal growth in HICP

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.1 per cent from March 2007 to April 2007. The growth was mainly due to increased prices on petrol as well as materials for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

The HICP for Norway was 103.0 (2005=100) in April 2007, compared with 102.5 in April last year. The year-to-year growth for HICP in April was 0.5 per cent, down from 1.3 per cent in March 2007. See http://www.ssb.no/kpi_en/ for more details.

EEA, EU and euro-area

The HICP for EEA and the euro-area stood at 103.7 and 103.5, respectively in March 2007. The year-to-year growth was 2.2 per cent for EEA and EU, while the euro-area had a growth of 1.9 per cent. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the HICP for the euro-zone is 1.8 per cent for April 2007.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices
for Norway and other selected countries.
Change in per cent
 
 February 2006-
February 2007		March 2006-
March 2007		April 2006-
April 2007
 
Norway0.811.310.5
Iceland6.74.7 
Sweden1.71.6 
Denmark1.91.9 
Finland1.21.6 
Germany1.92.0 
UK2:2: 
EEA12.112.2 
EU12.112.2 
Euro-area11.811.9 
 
1 Provisional or preliminary figures.
2 Not available.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.