Weekly Bulletin issue no. 46, 1996
Electricity prices continue upward
Consumer prices in Norway climbed 0.4 per cent from September to October.
Increased prices for energy products such as electricity, petrol, paraffin,
fuel oil and distant heating were the major factors in the change. From October
last year to October this year, prices rose 1.7 per cent, up from 1.3 per cent
in September. The all-items index for October was 265.9.
New Statistics
Consumer price index as of October 15, 1996.
Statistics are published
every month in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Berit Koht,
tel. +47 21 09 44 58, e-mail: bkt@ssb, Lasse Sandberg, tel. +47 21 09 47 16,
e-mail: san@ssb.no or Geir Ormseth, tel. +47 21 09 47 22, e-mail:
geo@ssb.no.
Weekly Bulletin issue no. 46, 1996