SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 19 Oct-2021

October . 19 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 4/10 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt In September 2021, the CPI also registered the following rates of change: • Month-on-month: 0.9% (-0.2% in the previous month and 1.0% in September 2020); • Month-on-month, excluding unprocessed food products and energy: 1.2% (-0.2% in the previous month and 1.2% in September 2020); • Average of the last twelve months: 0.6% (0.5% in the previous month). Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices In Portugal, in September 2021, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) recorded the following rates of change: • Year-on-year: 1.3% (identical to the previous month, 2.1 percentage points (p.p.) less than estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area); • Month-on-month: 0.8% (-0.1% in the previous month and 0.8% in September 2020); • Average of the last twelve months: 0.2% (0.1% in the previous month). Consumer price and core inflation indices (year-on-year rate of change and 12-month moving average) Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (year-on-year rate of change in the Eurozone Countries, September 2021) More information is available at: Consumer price index – September 2021 (13 October 2021) 0.62% 1.48% 0.90% -1.0% -0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5% Sep-17 Dec-17 Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18 Mar-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Mar-21 Jun-21 Sep-21 CPI (12-month moving average) CPI (year-on-year rate of change) Core Infla ti on (year-on-year rate of change) 0.7% 1.1% 1.3% 2.1% 2.1% 2.7% 2.7% 2.9% 3.0% 3.2% 3.4% 3.5% 3.7% 3.8% 4.0% 4.0% 4.6% 5.1% 6.3% 6.4% -1.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% Malta Germany Portugal Greece Finland France Slovenia Netherlands Italy Austria Euro area Cyprus Ireland Belgium Spain Luxembourg Latvia Slovakia Lithuania Estonia