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HICP down 0.3 per cent
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway decreased 0.3 per cent from May to June 2014. Lower prices of furniture, food, airfares and electricity contributed to pulling the HICP down, while higher prices of telephone services pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change | |||
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April 2014 | May 20141 | June 20141 | |
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary. | |||
Norway | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
Iceland | 1.3 | 1.1 | ... |
Sweden | 0.3 | 0.1 | ... |
Denmark | 0.5 | 0.3 | ... |
Finland | 1.3 | 1.0 | ... |
Germany | 1.1 | 0.6 | ... |
United Kingdom | 1.8 | ... | ... |
EEA | 0.8 | 0.6 | ... |
EU | 0.8 | 0.6 | ... |
Euro area | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
The HICP for Norway was 117.5 (2005=100) in June 2014, compared to 115.4 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 1.8 per cent in June, up 0.2 percentage points from May.
See the consumer price index for more details about the June figures.
EU, EEA and the euro area
Preliminary data for May 2014 show that the HICP was 121.1 (2005=100) for both the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 118.1 (2005=100). The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for May 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 May. The year-to-year growth for June 2014 in the euro area is estimated at 0.5 per cent.
Detailed figures for May will be published on Eurostat’s website on 17 July.
The statistics is now published as Consumer price index.
Contact
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Kjersti Nyborg Hov
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Camilla Rochlenge
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Gunnar Larsson
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Trym Kristian Økland
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