APRIL 2022 27 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN CPI annual rate of change estimated at 7.2% Flash estimate Based on the information already available, in April 2022 the following year-on-year rates of change will have been recorded: • Total Consumer Price Index (CPI): 7.2%, the highest since March 1993; • Core inflation index (total index excluding unprocessed food and energy): 5.0%, the highest since September 1995; • Energy products index: 26.7%, the highest rate since May 1985; • Unprocessed food index: 9.5%. Compared to the previous month, the CPI rate of change in April should have been 2.2% (2.5% in the previous month and 0.4% in April 2021). It is estimated that in April 2022, the average rate of change in the CPI over the last twelve months was 2.8% (2.2% in the previous month). More information is available at: Consumer price index flash estimate – April 2022 29 April 2022 In April 2022, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HIPC) will have registered a year-on-year rate of change of 7.4% in Portugal. Monthly rate (%)1 Annual rate (%)1 Mar-22 Apr-22 * Mar-22 Apr-22* CPI Total 2.51 2.22 5.33 7.23 All items excluding housing 2.61 2.31 5.46 7.43 All items excluding unproc. food and energy 2.16 1.49 3.82 4.98 Unprocessed food 2.18 4.36 5.83 9.52 Energy 6.22 6.05 19.82 26.73 HICP Total 2.6 2.4 5.5 7.4 1 Rounded values to two and one decimals. * Estimated values.
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