Harmonised index of consumer prices - July 2018
(WorldNews Belgium)

Consumer prices 14 August 2018 Belgium`s inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was running at 2.7 % in July compared to 2.6 % in June. Core inflation (inflation without energy and unprocessed food) was running at 1.6 % in July, against 1.7 % in June. The inflation rate based on the consumer price index (CPI) for July stood at 2.2 % compared to 2.1 % in June. The difference in inflation between the HICP and the CPI is largely due to the larger weight of fuels and energy sources in the HICP and to the fact that no moving average is used for domestic heating oil in the HICP. The sub-indices with the largest upward effect on...