Consumer price index
Consumer Prices down -0.1% in December on a year earlier
CPI annual average rate of change decreased to -0.8%
- December 2009
13 January 2010
Summary
The Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased on average -0.8% in 2009 when compared with 2008. The CPI recorded an annual rate of change of -0.1% in December 2009. On a monthly basis, the CPI decreased to 0.1% (0.2% in November and -0.5% in December 2008).
In 2009, the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) decreased 0.9% when compared with 2008. In December, the HICP annual rate was -0.1%.
