IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The headline inflation rate at December 2006 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at December 2006 compared with that at December 2005) is 5,8%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at December 2006 compared with that at December 2005) is 5,8% at December 2006. This rate is 0,4 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 5,4% at November 2006 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at November 2006 compared with that at November 2005).

From November 2006 to December 2006 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas increased by 0,4%.

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 December 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at December 2006 compared with that at December 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 December 2006 (i.e. the CPIX at December 2006 compared with that at December 2005). This rate is the same as the corresponding annual rate of 5,0% at November 2006.

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

CPI Headline Dcember 2006= 5,8%

CPIX December 2006 = 5,0%