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2025-12-15 15:04:20
[Finnish Consumer Prices Fall for Second Consecutive Month] ⑴ Finland's consumer prices fell 0.1% year-on-year in November, compared to a 0.2% decline in the previous month, a slight narrowing of the decline. ⑵ This marks the second consecutive month of decline in consumer prices, but the rate of decline has slowed, mainly due to a slower decline in housing and utility prices to 2.4% (compared to a 3.0% decline in October). ⑶ The decline in transportation prices narrowed to 0.3% (compared to a 0.9% decline in the previous month), and the decline in miscellaneous goods and services prices narrowed to 2.4% (compared to a 2.6% decline in the previous month). ⑷ Prices for furniture, household appliances, and routine household maintenance turned to a 0.1% decline (compared to a 0.7% increase in the previous month). ⑸ Inflation on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and narcotics slowed to 2.3% (compared to 2.7% in the previous month), communication inflation slowed to 3.6% (compared to 4.4% in the previous month), and entertainment and cultural inflation slowed to 1.1% (compared to 2.3% in the previous month). (6) In comparison, food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 1.7% (previous value 1.6%), medical prices rose 5.6% (previous value 5.5%), restaurant and hotel prices rose 2.0% (previous value 1.5%), and education costs remained stable at 2.8%. (7) On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell 0.2% month-on-month in November, the same as the decline in the previous month.
