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HICP up 0.9 per cent
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2014-08-11T10:00:00.000Z
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Harmonized index of consumer prices, July 2014

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HICP up 0.9 per cent

The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway increased 0.9 per cent from June to July 2014. Higher prices of food, electricity, airfares, newspaper and periodicals contributed to pulling the HICP up, while lower prices of clothing pulled the HICP in the opposite direction.

Harmonized indices of consumer prices for Norway and other selected countries. Change in per cent1Published 11 August 2014
Harmonized indices of consumer prices, 12 month change
May 2014June 20141July 20141
1Values with an asterisk are provisional or preliminary.
Norway1.61.82.2
Iceland1.11.3...
Sweden0.10.5...
Denmark0.30.4...
Finland1.01.1...
Germany0.61.0...
United Kingdom1.51.9...
EEA0.60.7...
EU0.60.7...
Euro area0.50.50.4

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Harmonised index of consumer prices. Percentage change from the same month one year before

The HICP for Norway was 118.5 (2005=100) in July 2014, compared to 115.9 the same month in the previous year. The year-to-year growth was 2.2 per cent in July, up 0.4 percentage points from June.

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

EU, EEA and the euro area

Preliminary data for June 2014 show that the HICP was 121.2 (2005=100) for both the EU and the EEA, while the HICP for the euro area was 118.2 (2005=100). The preliminary year-to-year growth in the HICP for June was 0.7 per cent for the EU and the EEA. In the euro area, the preliminary year-to-year growth was 0.5 per cent in June. The year-to-year growth for July 2014 in the euro area is estimated at 0.4 per cent.

Detailed figures for July will be published on Eurostat’s website on 14 August.