IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

he headline inflation rate at March 2006 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at March 2006 compared with that at March 2005) is 3,4%.

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at March 2006 compared with that at March 2005) is 3,4% at March 2006. This rate is 0,5 of a percentage point lower than the corresponding annual rate of 3,9% at February 2006 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at February 2006 compared with that at February 2005).

From February 2006 to March 2006 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas increased by 0,5%.

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 3,8% at March 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at March 2006 compared with that at March 2005)
 
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 3,8% at March 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at March 2006 compared with that at March 2005). This rate is 0,7 of a percentage point lower than the corresponding annual rate of 4,5% at February 2006.

From February 2006 to March 2006 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 0,4%.