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HICP up 0.7 per cent
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, 15 April 2013

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HICP up 0.7 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.7 per cent from March 2013 to April 2013. Higher prices of food and books contributed most to the rise, while lower prices of operation of personal transport equipment pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent1Published 10 May 2013
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
February 2013March 2013April 2013
1Provisional or preliminary value for Norway and Euro Area for April 2013 and for EEA and Euro Area for March 2013
Norway0.61.11.8
Iceland6.24.5...
Sweden0.50.5...
Denmark1.00.7...
Finland2.52.5...
Germany1.81.8...
United Kingdom2.8......
EEA2.01.9...
EU2.01.9...
Euro area1.81.71.2

Source: Statistics Norway

Harmonized index of consumer prices. Percentage change from the same month one year before

The HICP for Norway was 116.1 (2005=100) in April 2013, compared to 114.0 in April 2012. The year-to-year growth was 1.8 per cent in April, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous month.

See the consumer price index for more details about the April figures.

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for March 2013 show that the HICP for the EU and EEA was 120.2, while the HICP for the euro area was 117.5. The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for March was 1.9 per cent for both the EU and the EEA. In the euro area, the year-to-year growth was 1.7 per cent in March. The year-to-year growth for April 2013 in the euro area is estimated at 1.2 per cent.

Detailed figures for April will be published on Eurostat’s website on 16 May.