2022 Edition 22 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Year-on-year CPI rate of change estimated at 9.3% Flash estimate We estimate, from the data already available for September 2022, the following year-on-year rates of change: • Overall Consumer Price Index (CPI): 9.3%, a rate higher by 0.4 p.p. than in the previous month and the highest since October 1992; • Core inflation indicator (total index excluding unprocessed foodstuffs and energy products): 6.9% (6.5% in the previous month), the highest record since February 1994; • Energy products Index: 22.2% (1.8 p.p. less than compared to the previous month); • Unprocessed food index: 16.9% (15.4% in August), the highest rate since July 1990. Compared to the previous month, the CPI change in September will have been 1.2% (-0.3% in August and 0.9% in September 2021). We estimate that the average CPI rate of change for the 12 months culminating in September was 6.0% (5.3% in the previous month). More information is available at: CPI/IHPC Flash estimate - September 2022 30 September 2022 The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is the most appropriate inflation indicator for comparisons between the different countries of the European Union and, particularly, in the Euro Area. We estimate Portugal’s HICP year-on-year rate of change in September to have been 9.8% (9.3% month before). Monthly rate (%)1 Annual rate (%)1 Aug-22 Sept-22 * Aug-22 Sept-22* CPI Total -0.31 1.23 8.94 9.29 All items excluding housing -0.34 1.27 9.21 9.56 All items excluding unproc. food and energy 0.02 1.56 6.49 6.90 Unprocessed food 1.28 0.66 15.43 16.90 Energy -4.94 -0.80 23.99 22.23 HICP Total -0.2 1.3 9.3 9.8 1 Rounded values to two and one decimals. * Estimated values.
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