Key findings: P0141.1 - Consumer Price Index - Headline, May 2006

The headline inflation rate at May 2006 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at May 2006 compared with that at May 2005) is 3,9%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at May 2006 compared with that at May 2005) is 3,9% at May 2006. This rate is 0,6 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 3,3% at April 2006 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at April 2006 compared with that at April 2005).

From April 2006 to May 2006 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas increased by 0,6%.

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 4,1% at May 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at May 2006 compared with that at May 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 4,1% at May 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at May 2006 compared with that at May 2005). This rate is 0,4 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 3,7% at April 2006.

From April 2006 to May 2006 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 0,6%.