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HICP up 0.1 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, March 2009

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HICP up 0.1 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.1 per cent from February to March 2009. Clothing prices went up, while prices of electricity and books dampened the increase in the HICP.

Harmonized index of consumer prices

The HICP for Norway was 108.5 (2005=100) in March 2009, compared with 105.8 in the same month last year. The year-to-year growth was 2.6 per cent in March 2009 - down 0.2 percentage points from February. See the consumer price index for more details.

EEA, EU and the euro area

Provisional data for February 2009 shows that the HICP for the EU was 108.5, while the HICP for the EEA was 108.6. For the euro area, the HICP was 107.4 in this period. The year-to-year growth was 1.7 and 1.8 per cent for the EU and the EEA respectively, and 1.2 per cent for the euro area.

In the euro area, the year-to-year growth is estimated at 0.6 percent for March 2009.

Detailed figures for March will be published on Eurostat’s home pages on 16 of April.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent
  January 2008-
January 2009 		February 2008-
February 2009 		March 2008-
March 2009
Norway 2.6 2.8 12.6
Iceland 21.9 21.6  
Sweden 2.0 2.2  
Denmark 1.7 1.7  
Finland 2.5 2.7  
Germany 0.9 1.0  
UK 3.0 2..  
EEA 1.8 11.8  
EU 1.8 11.7  
Euro area 1.1 11.2 10.6
1  Provisional or preliminary figures.
2  Not available.
Source:  Statistics Norway and EUROSTAT.