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Annual inflation in the OECD area at 3.4% in February 2008
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01/04/2008 - Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 3.4% in the year to February 2008 compared with 3.5% in the year to January 2008. On a monthly basis, the price level rose by 0.3% in February, compared with 0.2% in January.
Consumer prices for energy increased by 13.9% year-on-year in February, compared with a rise of 13.7% in January. Consumer prices for food were up by 4.9% year-on-year in February, compared with 5.1% in January. Excluding food and energy, consumer prices rose by 2.0% in the year to February, unchanged compared with January...etc.
Link to Consumer price indices for OECD countries and major non-member economies (data in index and in percentage change on the same period of the previous year).
The next publication date of the OECD Consumer price indices will be on 29 April 2008
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