Consumer price index
The CPI 12-month average rate was 1.7% in April
- April 2013
13 May 2013
Summary
The CPI 12-month average rate of change decreased from 2.0% in March to 1.7% in April. The core inflation index, which excludes unprocessed food and energy, was 0.8% (1.0% in March).
The HICP 12-month average rate decreased from 2.0% in March to 1.8% in April. In March 2013 the gap between the Portuguese and the Euro-area HICP 12-month average rate was -0.3 percentage points (p.p.). In April, the Portuguese HICP 12-month average rate is 0.4 p.p. lower than Eurostat's flash estimate for the whole area .