Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices in Austria

Estadistica Austria · Mensual · Importance 90

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 2.5% 2027: 2.6% 2028: 2.1% 2029: 2.1% 2030: 2.1% 2031: 2.1%

2.69% (Jul-26) YOY · % · Mensual · CSV

Period	%
Jul 2026	2.69%
Jun 2026	3.17%
May 2026	3.70%
Apr 2026	3.43%
Mar 2026	3.17%
Feb 2026	2.32%
Jan 2026	2.06%

Period	%
Jul 2026	-0.39%
Jun 2026	-0.24%
May 2026	0.09%
Apr 2026	0.52%
Mar 2026	1.15%
Feb 2026	0.76%
Jan 2026	-0.81%
Dec 2025	0.51%
Nov 2025	0.22%
Oct 2025	0.50%
Sep 2025	0.04%
Aug 2025	0.32%
Jul 2025	0.07%
Jun 2025	0.27%
May 2025	-0.17%
Apr 2025	0.26%
Mar 2025	0.32%
Feb 2025	0.51%

Period	%
Jul 2026	0.00%
Jun 2026	0.00%
May 2026	0.10%
Apr 2026	0.39%
Mar 2026	1.18%
Feb 2026	0.80%

About this indicator

Source	Statistics Austria
Frequency	Mensual
Release	En torno a mediados del mes siguiente al periodo de referencia (suele haber un dato preliminar y otro definitivo).
What it is	The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is a statistical measure of the change in prices of the goods and services bought by households resident in Austria, computed with Eurostat's common methodology so that EU countries can be compared. It is published by Statistik Austria and is the inflation benchmark used by the ECB.
How it's calculated	It is compiled from a regular price survey across a broad sample of outlets and geographic areas. Those prices and the weight of each product in the consumption basket produce an index with a base year (index 100) that is updated periodically. It is released as a year-on-year and month-on-month change.
Market implications	It is the most closely watched inflation reading: price changes directly affect households' consumption, saving and purchasing power, and the HICP is the ECB's central reference when setting euro-area interest rates. A hotter-than-expected print tends to push rates and the euro higher.
Limitations	It measures only the price change of the goods and services in a given basket, so it does not capture every price in the economy. To read the underlying trend, energy and unprocessed food are usually stripped out, giving the core CPI.