Life in the Netherlands has become an average of 5.2 percent more expensive in April than one year previously. This was mainly because energy prices fell less sharply last month than in March. Grocery prices also rose again, albeit less sharply than in March.
This is reported by the statistics office CBS Tuesday in a quick first estimate. An inflation rate of 5.2 percent means that products and services are on average 5.2 percent more expensive than a year earlier.
The inflation rate is higher than in March, when inflation fell to 4.4 percent. Inflation was still 8.0 percent in February. At the peak in September last year, inflation was still 14.5 percent.
The average price increase of products in the supermarket was 13.2 percent last month, compared to 15.1 percent in March. Energy became almost 22 percent cheaper. That is a smaller price drop than a month earlier. Then the energy price fell by 28 percent.
To make a good comparison with other European countries, Statistics Netherlands also provides inflation figures according to the European method. For example, this figure does not take into account housing rents. Inflation then amounts to 5.9 percent, compared to 4.5 percent in March.
2023-05-02 04:59:38
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