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HICP up 0.5 per cent
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The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose 0.5 per cent from September to October.

Harmonized index of consumer prices, October 2015

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HICP up 0.5 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway rose 0.5 per cent from September to October. Higher prices on electricity, clothing and airfares contributed to pulling the HICP up, while lower 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 November 2015
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
August 2015September 20151October 20151
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway1.81.92.4
Iceland1.10.9...
Sweden0.60.9...
Denmark0.30.3...
Finland-0.2-0.7...
Germany0.1-0.2...
United Kingdom0.0-0.1...
EEA0.1-0.1...
EU0.0-0.1...
Euro area0.1-0.10.0

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The HICP for Norway was 121.7 (2005=100) in October 2015, compared to 118.8 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 2.4 per cent in October, up 0.5 percentage points from September.

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

EU, EEA and the euro area

In September 2015, the HICP was 120.9 (2005=100) for the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 118.0 (2005=100). For the EU, EEA and the euro area this corresponds to a negative year-to-year growth of 0.1 per cent in the HICP. For the euro area, the HICP is estimated to 0.0 per cent from October 2014 to October 2015.

Detailed figures for October 2015 will be published on Eurostat’s website on 16 November.