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

Consumer prices 13 December 2018 Belgium`s inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was running at 2.9 % in November compared to 3.2 % in October. Core inflation (inflation without energy and unprocessed food) stood at 1.6 % in November, which is the case since July. The inflation rate based on the consumer price index (CPI) for November stood at 2.8 %, just like in October. 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...