KEY FINDINGS AT JANUARY 2007

The headline inflation rate at January 2007 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at January 2007 compared with that at January 2006) is 6,0%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at January 2007 compared with that at January 2006) is 6,0% at January 2007. This rate is 0,2 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 5,8% at December 2006 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at December 2006 compared with that at December 2005).

From December 2006 to January 2007 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas increased by 0,9%.

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 5,3% at January 2007 (i.e. the CPIX at January 2007 compared with that at January 2006)

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 5,3% at January 2007 (i.e. the CPIX at January 2007 compared with that at January 2006). This rate is 0,3 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 5,0% at December 2006.

From December 2006 to January 2007 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 1,0%