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HICP up 0.4 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, February 2015

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HICP up 0.4 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose 0.4 per cent from January 2015 to February 2015. Higher prices of food and furniture, amongst others, contributed to pulling the HICP up, while lower prices of books, electricity and fuels pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent1Published 10 March 2015
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
December 2014January 20151February 20151
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway2.01.91.8
Iceland-0.4-0.1...
Sweden0.30.4...
Denmark0.1-0.3...
Finland0.6-0.1...
Germany0.1-0.5...
United Kingdom0.50.3...
EEA-0.1-0.5...
EU-0.1-0.5...
Euro area-0.2-0.6-0.3

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The HICP for Norway was 119.1 (2005=100) in February 2015, compared to 117.0 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 1.8 per cent in February, down 0.1 percentage point from January.

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

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for January 2015 show that the HICP was 119.1 (2005=100) for both the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 115.9 (2005=100). The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for January was -0.5 per cent for the EU and the EEA. In the euro area, the preliminary year-to-year growth was -0.6 per cent in January. The year-to-year growth for February in the euro area is estimated at -0.3 per cent.

Detailed figures for February 2015 will be published on Eurostat’s website on 17 March 2015.