HC Deb 02 February 1976 vol 904 cc432-3W
34. Mr. Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will publish in the Official Report a table showing the rise in retail prices indices or their equivalent for a 12-month period to the latest possible date in the United Kingdom, the USA, Japan and each of the member States of the EEC.

Mr. Maclennan

Yes. The figures are:

Year on year percentage increases have been:
January February March April May June July August September October November
Belgium … … … … … 15.6 15.5 14.8 14.4 13.7 12.5 12.0 11.4 10.9 11.2 11.2
Denmark … … … … … 13.4 13.4 13.3 12.4 12.2 10.6 9.8 9.7 8.8 4.6 —
France … … … … … 14.5 13.9 13.5 12.7 12.1 11.7 11.1 11.0 10.7 10.2 9.9
Ireland (quarterly) … … … 23.8 24.4 19.0 16.8
Italy … … … … … 24.1 23.3 20.3 20.4 19.7 19.0 17.1 15.3 13.0 12.4 11.3
Japan … … … … … 17.4 13.9 14.2 13.4 13.7 13.7 11.9 10.4 10.3 9.6 8.1
Luxembourg … … … … 11.0 10.1 10.6 10.5 10.1 10.7 10.4 10.6 10.6 11.5 11.1
Netherlands … … … … 11.1 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.5 10.7 10.4 9.9 9.4
United Kingdom … … … … 19.9 19.9 21.2 21.7 25.0 26.1 26.3 26.9 26.6 25.9 25.2
United States of America … … 11.7 11.1 10.3 10.3 9.5 9.3 9.7 8.6 7.8 7.6 7.3
West Germany … … … … 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.4

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators.

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