Consumer price index
Consumer Prices up 0.2% in January on a year earlier
- January 2009
13 February 2009
Summary
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in January 2009 when compared with January 2008. On a monthly basis, the CPI changed by -0.7% (-0.5% in December 2008 and -0.1% in January 2008). The CPI 12-month average rate of change decreased to 2.4% in January.
In January, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 0.1% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 1.0 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in January 2009 when compared with January 2008. On a monthly basis, the CPI changed by -0.7% (-0.5% in December 2008 and -0.1% in January 2008). The CPI 12-month average rate of change decreased to 2.4% in January.
In January, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased 0.1% when compared with the same month of the previous year, 1.0 percentage points below the rate estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area.
