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Harmonized index down by 0.3 per cent
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2001-09-10T10:00:00.000Z
Prices and price indices;Income and consumption
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, August 2001

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Harmonized index down by 0.3 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway was 112.1 (1996=100) in August 2001, a decrease of 0.3 per cent from July. From August 2000 to August 2001 the HICP increased by 2.2 per cent (corrected from 2.1 per cent 10.09.01 at 1420 p.m.

The decrease from July to August is mainly due to lower prices of clothing and footwear, food and petrol. Higher rentals for housing and higher prices of dental services pulled in the opposite direction.

The HICP for the EEA was 109.3 (1996=100) in July, a decline of 0.3 per cent from June. The year to year change in July was 2.6 per cent. The HICP for the European Monetary Union was 109.4 in July, down by 0.1 per cent from June. The year to year growth in July was 2.8 per cent.

Increase and decrease in the EEA

From July 2000 to July 2001 Iceland had the highest price increase in the EEA with 7.4 per cent while the United Kingdom had the lowest with 1.4 per cent. In Iceland the prices of miscellaneous goods and services as well as transport had the highest growth. In the same period United Kingdom experienced a decrease in the prices of communication and clothing and footwear.