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

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Marginal growth in HICP

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.2 per cent from April to May 2007. The growth was mainly due to price increases for repair and maintenance of dwellings as well as petrol.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

The HICP for Norway was 103.2 (2005=100) in May 2007, compared with 102.6 in May last year. The year-to-year growth for HICP in May was 0.6 per cent, up from 0.5 per cent in April 2007. See http://www.ssb.no/english/kpi_en/ for more details.

EEA, EU and euro-area

The HICP for EEA and the euro-area stood at 104.3 and 104.2, respectively in April 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-area is 1.9 per cent for May 2007.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices for Norway
and other selected countries. Change in per cent
 
 March 2006-March 2007April 2006-april 2007May 2006-May 2007
 
Norway1.30.510.6
Iceland4.74.2 
Sweden1.61.6 
Denmark1.91.7 
Finland1.61.5 
Germany2.02.0 
UK3.12.8 
EEA2.312.2 
EU2.312.2 
Euro-area1.911.9 
 
1 Provisional or preliminary figures.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.