Consumer price index
Consumer Prices up 3.0 in August on a year earlier
- August 2008
12 September 2008
Summary
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.0% in August 2008 when compared with August 2007. On a monthly ba-sis, the CPI decreased 0.5%. The CPI 12-month average rate of change increased from 2.7% in July 2008 to 2.8% in August.
In August, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 3.1% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 0.7 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.0% in August 2008 when compared with August 2007. On a monthly ba-sis, the CPI decreased 0.5%. The CPI 12-month average rate of change increased from 2.7% in July 2008 to 2.8% in August.
In August, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 3.1% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 0.7 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
