KEY FINDINGS AT NOVEMBER 2006

The headline inflation rate at November 2006 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at November 2006 compared with that at November 2005) is 5,4%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at November 2006 compared with that at November 2005) is 5,4% at November 2006. This rate is the same as the corresponding annual rate of 5,4% at October 2006 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at October 2006 compared with that at October 2005).

From October 2006 to November 2006 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas decreased by 0,1%.

The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds (CPIX) for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas is 5,0% at November 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at November 2006 compared with that at November 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 5,0% at November 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at November 2006 compared with that at November 2005). This rate is the same as the corresponding annual rate of 5,0% at October 2006.

From October 2006 to November 2006 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas decreased by 0,1%.