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 Consumer price index (12-month average growth rate - Base 2012 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Consumer price index (12-month average growth rate - Base 2012 - %) by Geographic localization and Individual consumption by purpose; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Consumer price index
First available period December 1949
Last available period February 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization
  • Individual consumption by purpose
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • CONSUMER PRICE:  Amount paid by households when acquiring individual goods and services based on monetary transactions. This amount corresponds to the value actually paid at the moment of acquisition and includes all indirect taxes minus subsidies on products, reductions and discounts, applied to consumers in general, and excludes interest and other costs associated with credit purchase.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  In extracommunity trade is the calender year during which the goods are imported or exported and is determined by the date of acceptance of the Single Administrative Document by Customs Authorities. In intracommunity trade is the calendar year during which the event that originates the intracommunity transaction occurred, i.e., for arrivals, at the time of receipt of the goods by the company and for dispatches, at the time the goods left the company.
Definition The average change in the past twelve months compares the level of the average price index of the past twelve months with the preceding twelve months. As a moving average, this rate of change is less sensitive to one-off price changes. The value obtained in December is being used as a reference at the social agreement level, and is thus associated with the annual inflation rate.
Formule [(CPI year n)/ (CPI year (n-1))-1]*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 12/03/2024


information presented in 28/3/2024