Consumer price index
Consumer Prices up 2.3 in October on a year earlier
- October 2008
14 November 2008
Summary
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.3% in October 2008 when compared with October 2007. On a monthly basis, the CPI decreased 0.2% (it had increased 0.5% in September 2008 and October 2007). The CPI 12-month average rate of change remained constant at 2.9% in October.
In October, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 2.5% 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 2.3% in October 2008 when compared with October 2007. On a monthly basis, the CPI decreased 0.2% (it had increased 0.5% in September 2008 and October 2007). The CPI 12-month average rate of change remained constant at 2.9% in October.
In October, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 2.5% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 0.7 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
