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HICP down 0.4 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, August 2014

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HICP down 0.4 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway decreased 0.4 per cent from July to August 2014. Lower prices of food, furniture and clothing contributed to pulling the HICP down, while higher prices of electricity pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent1Published 10 September 2014
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
June 2014July 20141August 20141
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway1.82.21.9
Iceland1.32.3...
Sweden0.50.4...
Denmark0.40.5...
Finland1.11.0...
Germany1.00.8...
United Kingdom1.9......
EEA0.70.6...
EU0.70.6...
Euro area0.50.40.3

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The HICP for Norway was 118.0 (2005=100) in August 2014, compared to 115.8 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 1.9 per cent in August, down 0.3 percentage points from July.

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

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for July 2014 show that the HICP was 120.6 (2005=100) for both the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 117.4 (2005=100). The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for July was 0.6 per cent for the EU and the EEA. In the euro area, the preliminary year-to-year growth was 0.4 per cent in July. The year-to-year growth for August 2014 in the euro area is estimated at 0.3 per cent.

Detailed figures for August will be published on Eurostat’s website on 17 September.