The headline inflation rate at May 2005 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at May 2005 compared with that at May 2004) is 3,3%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at May 2005 compared with that at May 2004) is 3,3% at May 2005. This rate is 0,1 of a percentage point lower than the corresponding annual rate of 3,4% at April 2005 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at April 2005 compared with that at April 2004). From April 2005 to May 2005 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas remained unchanged.

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 3,9% at May 2005 (i.e. the CPIX at May 2005 compared with that at May 2004)

The annual percentage change in the CPIX, which is the Consumer Price Index excluding the interest rate on mortgage bonds, for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas is 3,9% at May 2005 (i.e. the CPIX at May 2005 compared with that at May 2004). This rate is 0,1 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 3,8% at April 2005. From April 2005 to May 2005 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 0,2%.