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Preliminary harmonised index of consumer prices year-on-year change 8.0 per cent in January 2023

release | Consumer price index 2023, January

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According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the year-on-year change in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices stood at 8.0 per cent in January. In December, the year-on-year change in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices stood at 8.8 per cent.

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  • According to the preliminary data on the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, the month-on-month change was 0.6 per cent in January.
  • In January, the biggest year-on-year change (15.1 per cent) was in the division 01 food and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Preliminary data specifies after the statistical month, after the data collection ends in the end of the month.

Differences in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and Consumer Price Index

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) does not include owner-occupancy, games of chance, interests on consumption and other credits, fire insurance on owner-occupied dwellings, the vehicle tax or fishing and hunting fees. The consumption items included in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, as well as the rules governing its compilation, have been defined in EU regulations.

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