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HICP down 0.4 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, 15 January 2013

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HICP down 0.4 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway decreased by 0.4 per cent from December 2012 to January 2013. Lower prices of clothing and funiture contributed most to the fall, while higher prices of electricity including grid rent pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonised indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per centPublished 11 February 2013
 November 2011 - November 2012December 2011 - December 2012January 2012 - January 20131
1Provisional or preliminary value.
Norway0.91.11.2
Iceland6.15.2 
Sweden0.60.9 
Denmark1.91.6 
Finland2.93.2 
Germany1.92.0 
UK2.42.4 
EEA2.22.2 
EU2.22.2 
Euro area2.12.22.0

Source: Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.

Harmonized index of consumer prices

The HICP for Norway was 114.0 (2005=100) in January 2013, compared to 112.7 in January 2012. The year-to-year growth was 1.2 per cent in January, up 0.1 percentage points from the previous month.  

See the consumer price index for more details.

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for December 2012 show that the HICP for the EU and EEA was 118.7, while the HICP for the euro area was 116.4. The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for December was 2.2 per cent for the EU, the EEA and the euro area. The year-to-year growth for January 2013 in the euro area is estimated at 2.0 per cent.

Detailed figures for January will be published on Eurostat’s website on 28 February.