Switzerland CPI Consumer Price Index May 2006

CPI Switzerland May of 2006

Switzerland: CPI goes up in May of 2006

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Switzerland in May of 2006 was 1.4%, 4 tenths higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.2%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2006 is 1%

We must highlight the increase of 0.9% in the prices of Transport, until its interannual rate reached 4.8%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Alcoholic beverages and tobacco of 0%, and an interannual variation of 0.7%.

In this page we show you the progression of the CPI in Switzerland. You can see the inflation in other countries in CPI and see all the information about Switzerland in Switzerland's economy

CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Switzerland May 2006

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	1.4%	1.0%	0.2%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	-0.7%		0.1%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	0.7%		0%
Clothing and footwear [+]	1.7%		0%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	4.0%		0.3%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.3%		0%
Health [+]	0.3%		0%
Transport [+]	4.8%		0.9%
Communication [+]	-13.0%		0%
Recreation and culture [+]	0%		0%
Education [+]	1.6%		0%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	1.1%		0%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	0.9%		0.1%
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Switzerland: CPI annual

	2005	2004
CPI (overall index) [+]	1.1%	1.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	-1.5%	-0.4%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	4.9%	3.3%
Clothing and footwear [+]	1.7%	-1.7%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	2.8%	3.2%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	-0.3%	-0.1%
Health [+]	0.3%	1.1%
Transport [+]	4.2%	3.0%
Communication [+]	-11.3%	0.1%
Recreation and culture [+]	0%	-0.5%
Education [+]	1.6%	0.9%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	1.0%	1.3%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	0.7%	1.3%