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Marginal decrease in HICP
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway decreased by 0.1 per cent from December 2009 to January 2010. Prices on electricity and fuels increased, while prices on clothing and footwear together with furnishing fell.
The HICP for Norway was 110.2 (2005=100) in January 2010, compared to 107.3 in January 2009. The year-to-year growth was 2.7 per cent in January 2010, up 0.3 percentage points from December.
See the consumer price index for more details.
EU, EEA and the euro area
Provisional data for December 2009 shows that the HICP for both the EU and the EEA was 110.3, while the HICP for the euro area was 108.9. The year-to-year growth in the HICP in December was 1.4 for both the EEA and the EU while it was 0.9 per cent for the euro area. In the euro area the year-to-year growth for January 2010 was estimated at 1.0 per cent.
Detailed figures for January will be published on Eurostat’s home pages on 26 of February.
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Norway | 1.9 | 2.4 | 12.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iceland | 12.4 | 11.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 2.4 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 0.9 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 1.3 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 0.3 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK | 1.9 | 2: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EEA | 1.1 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EU | 1.0 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Euro area | 0.5 | 10.9 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Provisional or preliminary figures. |
2 | Not available. |
Source: Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT. |
The statistics is now published as Consumer price index.
Contact
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Konsumprisindeksen
E-mail: konsumprisindeksen@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 62 88 56 34
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Kjersti Nyborg Hov
E-mail: kjersti.nyborg.hov@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 90 23 63
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Camilla Rochlenge
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tel.: (+47) 40 90 23 72
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Gunnar Larsson
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Trym Kristian Økland
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