NEWS RELEASE PRICES 18 DECEMBER 2006

The HICP average for member countries of the European Economic Area (EU-countries, Iceland and Norway) was 102.8 points (2005=100) in November and was unchanged from October. At the same time, the HICP for Iceland was 107.1 points, also unchanged from the previous month.

The 12-month rate of change of the HICP was 2.1% for the EEA, 1.9% for the Euro-zone and 6.1% for Iceland.

The highest inflation rates in the EEA in this twelve month period were 6.4% in Hungary and 6.3% in Latvia. The lowest inflation rates were 0.9% in Malta  and 1.0% in the Czech Republic.

 HICP for the EEA area, national CPI for USA, Japan and Switzerland.

1) Rate of inflation for the main trading partners of Iceland. weighted by the countries share in Iceland´s foreign trade.
2) Preliminary figures
3) October 2005 - October 2006

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