SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 4 JUN 2021

www.ine.pt page 1/10 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Statistics Portugal makes available the weekly report for monitoring the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report covers the press releases concerning: - CPI/HICP Flash Estimate – May 2021, published on May 31; - Monthly Employment and Unemployment Estimates – April 2021, published on May 31; - Tourism activity - Flash Estimate – April 2021, published on May 31; - Quarterly national accounts – 1 st Quarter of 2021, published on May 31; - Industrial production index – April 2021, published on June 01. For further details, see the links available throughout this press release. June. 04 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 The CPI year-on-year rate of change estimated at 1.2% Flash estimate In May 2021, the year-on-year rate of change of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 1.2% (+0.6 percentage points (p.p.) than in the previous month). The core inflation index (total index excluding unprocessed food and energy) should have registered a year-on-year rate of change of 0.6% (0.1% in the previous month). In May, concerning the month-on-month rate of change, the CPI will have registered 0.2% (0.4% in April 2021 and -0.4% in May 2020). The 12-month average rate in May is estimated to have been 0.2% (0.1% in the previous month).