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HICP up 0.9 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, April 2006

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HICP up 0.9 per cent

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.9 per cent from March to April 2006, mainly due to price increases in energy products.

The HICP for Norway stood at 102.5 (2005=100) in April 2006, compared with 99.7 in April 2005. The year-to-year growth for HICP in April was 2.8 per cent, up from 2.4 per cent in March 2006. See the Consumer Price Index for more details.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

EEA, EU and euro-zone

The HICP for EEA and the euro-zone stood at 101.4 and 101,5 respectively in March 2006. The year-to-year growth was 2.1 per cent for EEA and EU and 2.2 per cent for the euro-zone. Eurostat's flash estimate for the year-to-year growth in the HICP for the euro-zone is 2.4 per cent for April 2006.

Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices
for Norway and other selected countries.
Change in per cent
 
 February 2005-
February 2006		March 2005-
March 2006		April 2005-
April 2006
 
Norway2.7           2.4         12.8
Iceland1.22.0 
Sweden1.11.5 
Denmark2.11.8 
Finland1.31.2 
Germany2.11.9 
UK2.02: 
EEA2.212.1 
EU2.212.1 
Euro-zone2.312.2 
 
1 Provisional or preliminary figure.
2 Not available.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.