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Slight increase in HICP
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, June 2008

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Slight increase in HICP

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose by 0.1 per cent from May to June 2008, mainly due to higher prices of goods and services related to transport. Lower prices of clothing, furniture and food pulled in the opposite direction.

Harmonized index of consumer prices

The HICP for Norway was 106.2 (2005=100) in June 2008, compared with 103.1 in June 2007. The year-to-year growth was 3.0 per cent in June, compared with 2.8 per cent in May.

See the consumer price index for more details.

EEA, EU and euro area

The HICP in May was 108.7 for the EU and the EEA, compared with 108.2 in the euro area. The year-to-year growth in May was 3.9 per cent for both the EU and the EEA, and 3.7 per cent for the euro area. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the HICP for the euro area was 4.0 per cent for June 2008.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent
  April 2007-
April 2008 		May 2007-
May 2008 		June 2007-
June 2008
Norway 2.7 2.8 13.0
Iceland 10.7 11.7  
Sweden 3.2 3.9  
Denmark 3.4 3.6  
Finland 3.3 4.1  
Germany 2.6 3.1  
UK 3.0 2:  
EEA 3.6 13.9  
EU 3.6 13.9  
Euro area 3.3 13.7  
1  Provisional or preliminary figures.
2  Not available.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.