Table 2
Average inflation for components by country, January 2000 to January 2013

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Table 2
Average inflation for components by country, January 2000 to January 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of average inflation for components by country durables, semi-durables, non-durables, services, excluding food and energy, energy and food, calculated using average of year-to-year monthly inflation rates, percent change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Durables Semi-durables Non-durables Services
Excluding food and energy Energy Food
average of year-to-year monthly inflation rates, percent change
North America  
Canada -1.3 -0.5 2.8 5.2 2.8 2.6
United StatesNote 1 -0.8 -0.3 Note ...: not applicable 7.4 2.7 2.8
Europe  
European UnionNote 2 -0.5 0.1 1.9 5.7 2.9 2.5
Austria 0.2 0.7 2.0 4.8 2.5 2.3
Belgium 0.1 0.7 2.2 6.2 2.6 2.1
Bulgaria -0.9 1.9 5.7 8.6 6.6 6.7
CroatiaNote 5 -0.7 0.6 3.6 5.6 3.7 2.5
Cyprus -2.2 -1.1 2.5 10.2 4.4 2.8
Czech RepublicNote 3 -3.4 -2.1 2.2 5.6 2.9 3.6
Denmark -0.7 0.2 1.9 4.4 2.4 2.9
EstoniaNote 4 -3.7 2.9 3.3 9.0 4.8 4.4
Finland -1.2 0.5 1.4 5.3 2.3 2.7
France -1.0 1.0 1.6 4.7 2.5 2.1
Germany -0.4 0.4 1.7 5.7 2.1 1.5
Greece 0.0 2.1 2.1 8.8 3.4 3.1
HungaryNote 4 -0.8 1.8 5.1 8.2 6.3 5.4
Iceland 4.7 4.2 7.1 8.6 5.5 6.2
Ireland -1.5 -3.6 1.2 6.5 2.3 3.6
Italy 1.4 1.3 2.2 5.1 2.7 2.4
Latvia -2.0 0.3 4.2 8.9 6.7 4.6
Lithuania -3.6 -2.0 2.6 7.7 3.8 3.7
Luxembourg 1.1 0.9 2.2 6.4 3.7 2.8
Malta 0.0 -0.3 2.2 7.6 3.6 2.9
Netherlands 0.1 0.2 1.6 5.8 2.3 2.7
Norway -0.2 -1.9 2.6 5.4 1.9 3.0
Poland -1.0 -1.0 3.5 6.8 3.9 3.9
Portugal 0.9 0.0 1.5 5.8 2.2 3.2
RomaniaNote 4 4.9 5.5 7.9 13.8 8.7 9.2
Slovakia -3.3 1.2 3.4 10.4 3.8 6.4
SloveniaNote 3 -0.6 1.5 3.3 7.6 4.8 4.7
Spain 0.2 1.3 1.7 6.1 3.4 3.2
Sweden -1.7 0.4 1.8 4.7 2.0 2.0
SwitzerlandNote 5 -2.4 0.2 -1.2 3.7 0.1 0.9
Turkey 17.7 17.0 17.7 25.2 20.8 20.4
United Kingdom -1.5 -2.8 1.8 6.5 3.4 3.6
... not applicable
Note 1.

No series exists for “semi-durables” under the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics classification system. The series "Apparel" is used here as a proxy. All U.S. inflation series are for "All urban consumers."

Note 2.

Eurostat aggregations based on industrial durables, industrial semi-durables, industrial non-durables, Processed food including alcohol and tobacco, and energy. A description of the items included in each category can be found in the European Central Bank (ECB) document Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices,November 2011.

Note 3.

Start period is December 2000.

Note 4.

Start period is December 2001.

Note 5.

Start period is December 2005.

Note: Authors' calculations.
Sources: Statistics Canada; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; and Eurostat.
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