Inflation in August 2021 expected at 3.1% according to flash estimate
Vienna, 2021
"In August 2021, we see an inflation rate of 3.1%, the highest value since December 2011, when inflation was 3.2%. The current high inflation is due in particular to the low energy and fuel prices of last summer and the current price increase for flight tickets," said Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas."
The index level of the consumer price index and further results for August 2021 will be announced on 17 September 2021.
Consumer Price Index (CPI), August 2021
+3.1% yearly rate of change (estimate)+0.1% monthly rate of change (estimate)
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), August 2021
+3.1% yearly rate of change (estimate)- 0.0% monthly rate of change (estimate)
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Information
on methods, definitions: The flash estimates are based on the
price data stock existing at the time of publication for the compilation
of the consumer price index at the end of a respective reference month.
Usually about 80% to 90% of the prices collected for the CPI can be
used for the flash estimate, but without having gone through the full
price statistical validation checks. Price reports received later or
delayed for the reference month, as well as the corrections made in
the course of the usual data compilation process, mean that the CPI
flash estimates may differ from the annual and monthly rates of change
of the consumer price index published in the middle of the following
month (see CPI publication dates). It is not permissible to use the
CPI flash estimate for contractual value adjustments or to equate it
with the results of the consumer price index or the harmonised consumer
price index.
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP):
Differences between the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the EU-wide comparable
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) are primarily based on weighting
differences. While the CPI only takes into account households living
in Austria, the HICP also covers expenditure by foreign tourists.
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Macroeconomic Statistics, Statistics Austria:
Michaela MAIER, Tel.
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