Consumer price index
Consumer Prices up 3.1 in September on a year earlier
- September 2008
14 October 2008
Summary
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.1% in September 2008 when compared with September 2007. On a monthly basis, the CPI increased 0.5% (-0.5% and 0.4% respectively in August 2008 and September 2007). The CPI 12-month average rate of change increased from 2.8% in August 2008 to 2.9% in September.
In September, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 3.2% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 0.4 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.1% in September 2008 when compared with September 2007. On a monthly basis, the CPI increased 0.5% (-0.5% and 0.4% respectively in August 2008 and September 2007). The CPI 12-month average rate of change increased from 2.8% in August 2008 to 2.9% in September.
In September, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 3.2% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 0.4 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
