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HICP up 0.3 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, April 2014

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HICP up 0.3 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose by 0.3 per cent from March to April 2014. Higher airfares and increased prices of books and packaging holidays contributed most to the rise, while lower prices of food and beverages and electricity pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent1Published 9 May 2014
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
February 2014March 20141April 20141
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway1.91.81.5
Iceland0.80.9...
Sweden0.1-0.4...
Denmark0.30.2...
Finland1.61.3...
Germany1.00.9...
United Kingdom1.71.6...
EEA0.80.6...
EU0.80.6...
Euro area0.70.50.7

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Harmonized index of consumer prices. Percentage change from the same month one year before

The HICP for Norway was 117.8 (2005=100) in April 2014, compared to 116.1 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 1.5 per cent in April, down 0.3 percentage points from March.

See the consumer price index for more details about the April figures.

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for March 2014 show that the HICP was 120.9 (2005=100) for both the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 118.0 (2005=100). The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for March was 0.6 per cent for the EU and the EEA. In the euro area, the preliminary year-to-year growth was 0.5 per cent in March. The year-to-year growth for April 2014 in the euro area is estimated at 0.7 per cent.

Detailed figures for April will be published on Eurostat’s website on 15 May.