IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The headline inflation rate at December 2008 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at December 2008 compared with that at December 2007) was 9,5%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at December 2008 compared with that at December 2007) was 9,5% at December 2008. This rate was 2,3 percentage points lower than the corresponding annual rate of 11,8% at November 2008 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at November 2008 compared with that at November 2007).

From November 2008 to December 2008 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas decreases by 1,1%.

The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds (CPIX) for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas was 10,3% at December 2008 (i.e. the CPIX at December 2008 compared with that at December 2007)
 
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 was 10,3% at December 2008 (i.e. the CPIX at December 2008 compared with that at December 2007). This rate was 1,8 percentage points lower than the corresponding annual rate of 12,1% at November 2008.

From November 2008 to December 2008 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas decreased by 0,9%.