Key findings: P0141.1 - Consumer Price Index - Headline, July 2005

The headline inflation rate at July 2005 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at July 2005 compared with that at July 2004) is 3,4%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at July 2005 compared with that at July 2004) is 3,4% at July 2005. This rate is 0,6 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 2,8% at June 2005 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at June 2005 compared with that at June 2004).

From June 2005 to July 2005 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 4,2% at July 2005 (i.e. the CPIX at July 2005 compared with that at July 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 4,2% at July 2005 (i.e. the CPIX at July 2005 compared with that at July 2004). This rate is 0,7 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 3,5% at June 2005.

From June 2005 to July 2005 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 1,0%.