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HICP down 0.3 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, January 2015

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HICP down 0.3 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway fell 0.3 per cent from December 2014 to January 2015. Lower prices of clothing and airfares, amongst others, contributed to pulling the HICP down, while higher food prices pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent1Published 10 February 2015
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
November 2014December 20141January 20151
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway2.02.01.9
Iceland-0.6-0.4...
Sweden0.30.3...
Denmark0.20.1...
Finland1.10.6...
Germany0.50.1...
United Kingdom1.00.5...
EEA0.4-0.1...
EU0.3-0.1...
Euro area0.3-0.2-0.6

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The HICP for Norway was 118.6 (2005=100) in January 2015, compared to 116.4 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 1.9 per cent in January, down 0.1 percentage point from December.

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

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for December 2014 show that the HICP was 120.7 (2005=100) for both the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 117.7 (2005=100). The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for December was -0.1 per cent for the EU and the EEA. In the euro area, the preliminary year-to-year growth was -0.2 per cent in December. The year-to-year growth for January in the euro area is estimated at -0.6 per cent.

Detailed figures for January 2015 will be published on Eurostat’s website on 24 February 2015.