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Increased petrol prices
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2000-07-10T10:00:00.000Z
Prices and price indices;Income and consumption
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hkpi, Harmonized index of consumer prices, HCPI, inflation, EU countries, EEA countries, price trends, price increases, product groups (for example food, housing, transport), service groups (for example telecom services, hotels and restaurants)Consumption, Consumer prices , Income and consumption, Prices and price indices
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, June 2000

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Increased petrol prices

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway was 110.5 (1996=100) in June, an increase of 0.6 per cent from May. From June 1999 to June this year the HICP increased by 3.5 per cent compared with 2.9 per cent in May.

The increase from May to June is mainly due to a rise in prices of petrol, charter trips, fruit, vegetables and higher rentals for housing. A decrease in the tariffs on electricity pulled in the opposite direction.

Highest growth in Ireland, Iceland, Spain and Norway

The HICP for the EEA increased by 0.1 per cent from April to May. The HICP for the European Monetary Union also went up by 0.1 per cent in the same period. The last twelve months Ireland, Iceland, Spain and Norway have had the strongest increase in prices in the EEA, 5.1, 5.0, 3.2 and 2.9 per cent respectively. In Ireland the prices of education and alcoholic beverages and tobacco have risen by 14.1 and 13.1 per cent. In Iceland and Spain especially the prices of transport and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels have gone up. In Norway the transport prices increased by 5.8 per cent and alcoholic beverages and tobacco have increased by 6.9 per cent. In the whole EEA the prices of transport have increased by 4.7 per cent mainly due to increased petroleum prices.

Lower prices of communication, clothing and footwear

In the EEA the prices of communication have dropped by 5.2 per cent from May last year to May this year. In the same period there has also been a decrease in the prices of clothing and footwear by 0.2 per cent. The prices of clothing and footwear have dropped most in England, Ireland and Denmark, 6.3, 4.9 and 4.6 per cent respectively. In Norway the decrease was 2.2 per cent.