Inflation Rate Climbs Back to 3.6%

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: December 15, 2011; 13:08 ♦ (Vindobona)

Consumer price inflation went up again in November 2011. Above-average price increases were registered for traffic and household energy

Inflation Rate Climbs Back to 3.6% / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The annual inflation rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI 2010) measured by Statistics Austria was 3.6% in November 2011 (October 3.4%, September 3.6%). This increase was again driven by prices for mineral oil products, particularly heating oil, and by increasing food prices. Without mineral oil products the inflation rate would have been 2.7%.

The all item index amounted to…