SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 2 mar-2021

March . 02 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 12/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (year-on-year rate of change in the Eurozone Countries) Harmonized Index Consumer Price The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) - the most appropriate inflation indicator for comparisons between the different countries of the European Union, and in particular the Euro area - registered in Portugal a year-on-year rate of change of 0.2% in January 2021 (+0.5 p.p. than in the previous month). According to the information available for January 2021, taking as reference the Eurostat estimate, the year-on-year rate of change of the HICP in Portugal was 0.7 p.p. lower than in the Euro area (in December 2020, that rate of change in the Portuguese HICP had been identical to that of the Euro area). -2.3% -0.6% -0.5% -0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 1.6% 1.7% -3.0% -2.5% -2.0% -1.5% -1.0% -0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% Greece Cyprus Latvia Ireland Estonia Portugal Lithuania Slovakia Italy Malta Spain Belgium France Eurozone Finland Luxembourg Germany Netherlands More information available at: Consumer price index – January 2021 (10 February 2021) The turnover in Services declined by 12.8% Services Turnover Index (year-on-year rate of change) Total The Services Turnover Index registered a year-on-year rate of change of -12.8% in December (-15.2% in the previous month). -12.8% -40.0% -30.0% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% Dec-19 Feb-20 Apr-20 Jun-20 Aug-20 Oct-20 Dec-20