Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 6 May 2009

Annual inflation in OECD area falls to 0.9% in March 2009

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06/05/2009 - Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 0.9 % in the year to March 2009, compared with 1.3% in the year to February. Month-on-month, prices rose by 0.3% in March after 0.4% in February 2009.

Consumer prices for energy were down by 11.8% in the year to March 2009, following a fall of 8.7% in February. 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 3 June 2009

 

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