SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 12 apr-2021

April . 12 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 9/20 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt In February 2021, compared with the previous month, there were increases in the year-on-year rates of change in: • Transports : -0.7% (-1.9% in January); • Communications : -0.5% (-1.2% in January) • Leasure, recreation, and culture : 0.1% (-0.5% in January). Conversely, the year-on-year rate of change decreased in: • Clothing and footwear : -2.4% (-1.5% in January); • Alcoholic beverages and tobacco : 0.5% (1.0% in January). Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (year-on-year rate of change in the Eurozone Countries, February 2021) More information available at: Consumer price index – February 2021 (10 March 2021) -1.9% -1.1% -0.9% -0.5% -0.4% -0.2% -0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 1.6% 1.9% -3.0% -2.0% -1.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% Greece Latvia Cyprus Luxembourg Ireland Letónia Spain Malta Portugal Belgium Lithuania Estonia France Slovakia Eurozone Finland Italy Germany Netherlands Month-on-month rate of change In February 2021, the CPI registered a month-on-month rate of change of -0.5% (-0.3% in the previous month and -0.6% in February 2020). Excluding unprocessed food and energy products, the month-on-month rate of change concerning the CPI was -0.6% (identical value in the previous month and -0.7% in February 2020). Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices 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 0.3% in February 2021 (0.2% in the previous month). According to the information available for February 2021, taking as reference the Eurostat estimate, the year-on-year rate of change of the HICP in Portugal was 0.6 percentage points (p.p.) lower than in the Euro Area (in January 2021, this difference had been 0.7 p.p.).

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