SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 3 may-2021

May . 03 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 4/7 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt In March 2021, the following year-on-year rates of change were also registered: • Unprocessed food index: 1.3% (1.4% in the previous month); • Energy index: 2.4% (-3.0% in the previous month). Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (year-on-year rate of change in the Eurozone Countries, February 2021) Month-on-month rate of change In March 2021, the CPI month-on-month rate of change was 1.4% (-0.5% in the previous month and 1.4% in March 2020). Excluding unprocessed food and energy, the CPI month-on-month rate of change was 1.5% (-0.6% in the previous month and 2.1% inMarch 2020). Harmonized Consumer Price Index In Portugal, in March 2021, the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) registered the following rates of change: • Year-on-year: 0.1% (-0.2 p.p. than in the previous month and -1.2 p.p. than the value estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area); • Month-on-month: 1.5% (-0.5% in the previous month and 1.6% in March 2020); • Average over the last twelve months: -0.2% (identical value in the previous month). -2.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 0.8% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.6% 1.6% 1.9% 2.0% 2.4% -3.0% -2.0% -1.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% Greece Slovenia Cyprus Ireland Malta Portugal Latvia Italy Estonia Spain Euro Area France Slovakia Finland Belgium Lithuania Netherlands Germany Luxembourg More information available at: Consumer price index – March 2021 (13 April 2021)

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