Minor decrease recorded in clothing & footwear prices
27 Jan '06
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These annual increases were slightly counteracted by an annual decrease in the price index for clothing and footwear (- 0.1 of a percentage point).
The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds (CPIX) for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas is 4.0 percent at December 2005 (i.e. the CPIX at December 2005 compared with that at December 2004).
The annual percentage change in the CPIX. which is the Consumer Price Index excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds, for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas is 4.0 percent at December 2005 (i.e. the CPIX at December 2005 compared with that at December 2004).
This rate is 0.3 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 3.7 percent at November 2005. From November 2005 to December 2005 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 0.1 percent. The annual increase of 4.0 percent in the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas is mainly due to relatively large annual contributions in the price indices for food (+ 1.1 percentage points), transport (+ 0.8 of a percentage point), medical care and health expenses (+ 0.6 of a percentage point), housing, excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds (+ 0.5 of a percentage point), education (+ 0.4 of a percentage point) and household operation (+ 0.3 of a percentage point). These annual increases were slightly counteracted by an annual decrease in the price index for clothing and footwear (- 0.1 of a percentage point).
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