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HICP up 0.3 per cent
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The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose 0.3 per cent from April to May.

Harmonized index of consumer prices, May 2015

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HICP up 0.3 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose 0.3 per cent from April to May. Higher airfares and prices of food and clothing contributed to pulling the HICP up, while lower prices on 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 June 2015
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
March 2015April 20151May 20151
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway1.71.82.0
Iceland-0.1-0.3...
Sweden0.70.5...
Denmark0.30.4...
Finland0.0-0.1...
Germany0.20.3...
United Kingdom0.0......
EEA-0.10.0...
EU-0.10.0...
Euro area-0.10.00.3

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The HICP for Norway was 120.2 (2005=100) in May 2015, compared to 117.9 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 2.0 per cent in May, up 0.2 percentage points from April.

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

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for April 2015 show that the HICP was 121.1 (2005=100) for the EU and 121.2 for the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 118.2 (2005=100). This corresponds to zero year-to-year growth in the HICP for the EU, the EEA and the euro area. The year-to-year growth for May in the euro area is estimated at 0.3 per cent.

Detailed figures for May 2015 will be published on Eurostat’s website on 17 June.