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PRICE AND COST COMPETITIVENESS

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

ECFIN/E-4 Second quarter 2010

Quarterly data on price and cost competitiveness of the European Union and its Member States

ECFIN/E4/2010/ .

© European Communities, 2010 This document exists in English only

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PART 2

TABLES AND CHARTS BY COUNTRY

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The tables and charts on Pages 1 to 76 present nominal and real effective exchange rates of the currencies of the European Union Member States, as well as Japan, the United States, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Russia, China, Hong Kong and Korea. Aggregate measures for the European Union as a whole (EU27) and the group of countries participating in the euro area (EA16) are presented as well. Each country (or country group) is compared with (the rest of) 36 industrial countries (the 27 EU countries, Norway, Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, Turkey and Switzerland), with the European Union and with the euro area. The tables on Pages 77 to 88 present cross-national tables of nominal and real effective exchange rates of the currencies of the EU, the USA and Japan as well as aggregate measures for the EU and the euro area. Each cross-national table of real effective exchange rates is based on a single price or cost deflator. These tables aim to facilitate a comparison of developments in the countries. The final tables show the latest double export weight matrices that were used to calculate effective exchange rates.1

1 The technical annex provides further details.

PART 2:

TABLES AND CHARTS BY COUNTRY

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Part 2: Table of Contents European union and the euro area – EU27 and EA16......................................... p. 1 Belgium and Luxembourg - BL.........…................................................................. p. 3 Bulgaria - BG.......................................................................................................... p. 5 Czech Republic - CZ.............................................................................................. p. 7 Denmark - DK.........…........................................................................................... p. 9 Germany - DE..........…........................................................................................... p. 11 Estonia - EE............................................................................................................ p. 13 Greece - GR.........…............................................................................................... p. 15 Spain - ES...…........................................................................................................ p. 17 France - FR............................................................................................................. p. 19 Ireland - IE.............................................................................................................. p. 21 Italy - IT.................................................................................................................. p. 23 Cyprus - CY............................................................................................................ p. 25 Latvia - LV............................................................................................................. p. 27 Lithuania - LT......................................................................................................... p. 29 Hungary - HU......................................................................................................... p. 31 Malta - MT.............................................................................................................. p. 33 Netherlands - NL.................................................................................................... p. 35 Austria - AT............................................................................................................ p. 37 Poland - PL............................................................................................................. p. 39 Portugal - PT........................................................................................................... p. 41 Romania - RO......................................................................................................... p. 43 Slovenia - SI........................................................................................................... p. 45 Slovakia - SK.......................................................................................................... p. 47 Finland - FI............................................................................................................. p. 49 Sweden - SE............................................................................................................ p. 51 United Kingdom - UK............................................................................................ p. 53 USA - US................................................................................................................ p. 55 Japan - JP................................................................................................................ p. 57 Switzerland - CH.................................................................................................... p. 59 Norway – NO.......................................................................................................... p. 61 Turkey – TR............................................................................................................ p. 63 Canada – CA........................................................................................................... p. 65 Australia – AU........................................................................................................ p. 67 New Zealand – NZ................................................................................................. p. 69 Mexico – MX.......................................................................................................... p. 71 Russia – RU............................................................................................................ p. 73 China – CN............................................................................................................. p. 74 Hong Kong – HK.................................................................................................... p. 75 Korea - KO............................................................................................................. p. 76 Table 1: Trade-weighted currency indices..................................................…......….. p. 77 Table 2: Real effective exchange rates based on Consumer Price Index ….…...… p. 79 Table 3: Real effective exchange rates based on GDP deflator ......................……. p. 81 Table 4: Real effective exchange rates based on Export price deflator ....…......… p. 81 Table 5: Real effective exchange rates based on ULC in economy as a whole...... p. 83 Table 6: Real effective exchange rates based on ULC in manufacturing ........…... p. 83 Table 7: Double export weights ..................................................................……......… p. 85

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EA16/EU27 EA16 EA16 EA16 EU27 EA16 EA16 EA16 EU27 EA16 EA16 EA16 EU27vs EU27 vs IC36 vs gr41 vs IC36 vs EU27 vs IC36 vs gr41 vs IC36 vs EU27 vs IC36 vs gr41 vs IC36

1997 100.4 98.9 91.6 96.2 Q2-07 101.9 117.3 117.5 130.5 Jan-08 1.9 0.6 0.7 -0.7 1998 99.8 101.7 97.3 102.9 Q3-07 101.9 117.6 117.9 130.9 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 103.8 120.1 120.6 133.5 Mar-08 1.5 2.4 2.9 3.2 2000 94.7 91.9 91.7 91.3 Q1-08 107.2 122.4 123.1 134.1 Apr-08 0.7 1.4 1.2 2.2 2001 97.1 95.0 94.8 94.9 Q2-08 108.6 125.3 126.1 138.8 May-08 -0.4 -0.8 -0.8 -1.2 2002 97.6 98.3 98.9 100.4 Q3-08 108.1 123.1 123.6 135.3 Jun-08 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.5 2003 104.6 109.6 111.5 112.9 Q4-08 115.0 120.6 121.2 123.0 Jul-08 -0.6 0.1 0.1 1.0 2004 103.9 113.1 115.7 119.8 Q1-09 124.8 125.1 127.5 120.7 Aug-08 0.2 -1.9 -2.2 -3.7 2005 103.1 111.9 113.7 118.8 Q2-09 121.9 125.9 127.8 124.7 Sep-08 1.2 -1.2 -0.8 -3.0 2006 102.6 113.2 113.6 122.1 Q3-09 119.4 126.1 128.8 127.8 Oct-08 0.9 -2.0 -1.7 -4.1 2007 102.1 117.2 117.4 130.2 Q4-09 121.6 127.7 130.1 128.4 Nov-08 3.7 -0.2 -0.4 -3.6 2008 109.4 122.0 122.7 131.9 Q1-10 119.0 122.3 124.2 121.7 Dec-08 6.1 4.5 4.2 2.2 2009 121.6 125.4 127.7 124.6 Q2-10 116.4 116.5 117.5 113.9 Jan-09 2.2 0.3 2.0 -1.7

Feb-09 0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -1.8 Mar-09 1.9 2.5 2.0 2.8 Apr-09 -2.3 -1.2 -1.4 0.2 May-09 -1.4 0.2 0.2 1.6 Jun-09 -1.0 0.8 0.8 2.2 Jul-09 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1

Aug-09 -1.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.7 Sep-09 1.6 1.1 1.1 0.4 Oct-09 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.2 Nov-09 -0.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.6 Dec-09 0.2 -0.8 -0.8 -1.6 Jan-10 -1.5 -1.9 -2.2 -2.0 Feb-10 -0.9 -2.3 -2.4 -3.1 Mar-10 0.5 -0.5 -0.8 -1.1 Apr-10 -1.6 -1.2 -1.6 -0.8 May-10 -0.2 -2.7 -2.9 -4.8 Jun-10 -1.5 -2.0 -1.9 -2.3

EA16/EU27 EA16 EA16 EA16 EU27 EA16 EA16 EA16 EU27 EA16 EA16 EA16 EU27vs EU27 vs IC36 vs gr41 vs IC36 vs EU27 vs IC36 vs gr41 vs IC36 vs EU27 vs IC36 vs gr41 vs IC36

1997 104.1 105.4 100.4 104.9 Q2-07 100.6 109.9 106.0 117.3 Jan-08 1.4 0.0 -0.1 -1.2 1998 101.1 104.6 102.0 107.0 Q3-07 100.7 110.2 105.9 117.7 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.2 112.4 108.1 120.1 Mar-08 1.8 2.7 3.2 3.3 2000 94.4 90.2 89.7 88.6 Q1-08 105.2 114.1 109.5 120.5 Apr-08 0.2 1.0 0.7 1.9 2001 96.5 91.6 90.8 89.9 Q2-08 106.2 116.5 111.8 124.3 May-08 -0.4 -0.9 -0.8 -1.4 2002 97.1 94.4 94.0 93.8 Q3-08 105.3 113.9 108.9 120.6 Jun-08 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 2003 104.3 104.7 104.7 104.1 Q4-08 111.4 111.7 106.7 110.5 Jul-08 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.6 2004 103.6 107.7 107.6 109.9 Q1-09 120.1 115.5 111.5 108.6 Aug-08 -0.1 -2.0 -2.2 -3.6 2005 102.7 106.1 104.6 108.3 Q2-09 116.8 116.0 111.4 112.2 Sep-08 0.8 -1.2 -0.8 -2.9 2006 101.9 106.7 103.6 110.4 Q3-09 113.6 115.5 111.4 114.4 Oct-08 0.9 -1.9 -1.8 -4.1 2007 100.7 109.8 105.7 117.2 Q4-09 115.5 116.8 112.4 114.9 Nov-08 3.4 0.0 -0.4 -3.1 2008 106.6 113.3 108.4 118.3 Q1-10 112.2 111.2 106.4 108.4 Dec-08 6.3 4.9 4.5 2.7 2009 116.0 115.2 110.9 111.9 Q2-10 109.7 106.2 101.0 102.0 Jan-09 1.6 -0.4 1.0 -2.4

Feb-09 0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -1.3 Mar-09 1.8 2.4 1.8 2.8 Apr-09 -2.3 -1.2 -1.4 0.2 May-09 -1.9 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 Jun-09 -1.0 0.6 0.7 1.9 Jul-09 -1.3 -1.1 -1.0 -0.5

Aug-09 -1.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 Sep-09 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.3 Oct-09 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.0 Nov-09 -1.1 -0.4 -0.4 0.5 Dec-09 0.2 -0.6 -0.6 -1.2 Jan-10 -2.4 -2.9 -3.2 -2.9 Feb-10 -0.8 -2.1 -2.3 -2.9 Mar-10 0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -0.8 Apr-10 -1.8 -1.3 -1.6 -0.7 May-10 -0.2 -2.7 -2.9 -4.6 Jun-10 -1.7 -2.1 -2.0 -2.1

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EA16/EU27 EA16 EA16 EU27 EA16 EA16 EU27vs EU27 vs IC36 vs IC36 vs EU27 vs IC36 vs IC36

1997 104.6 104.5 103.0 Q2-07 94.4 107.2 119.1 1998 101.8 104.5 106.2 Q3-07 94.1 107.2 119.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 95.3 109.0 121.4 2000 93.7 89.8 88.4 Q1-08 98.0 110.5 121.6 2001 95.3 91.5 90.5 Q2-08 98.8 112.8 125.5 2002 95.0 94.3 95.4 Q3-08 98.1 110.5 122.1 2003 100.9 104.2 106.3 Q4-08 104.1 108.1 111.1 2004 99.1 106.1 111.4 Q1-09 112.8 112.1 109.2 2005 97.8 104.3 109.4 Q2-09 110.0 112.8 113.0 2006 96.2 104.1 110.8 Q3-09 107.5 112.9 115.9 2007 94.3 106.8 117.8 Q4-09 109.0 114.1 116.6 2008 99.3 109.6 118.3 Q1-10 106.2 109.1 110.5 2009 109.4 112.1 112.3 Q2-10 103.5 103.7 103.3

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1997 100.8 102.1 102.1 Q2-07 99.8 106.7 111.9 1998 101.7 103.8 105.1 Q3-07 99.4 106.4 111.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.1 107.6 112.8 2000 95.0 91.6 90.0 Q1-08 101.9 108.3 112.3 2001 97.3 92.6 90.2 Q2-08 101.5 109.8 115.7 2002 97.4 95.5 95.0 Q3-08 99.3 107.0 113.0 2003 101.7 103.6 104.8 Q4-08 103.9 104.3 103.8 2004 100.9 105.0 107.8 Q1-09 111.1 108.0 103.2 2005 101.0 103.8 105.4 Q2-09 107.5 108.8 108.1 2006 100.0 103.4 105.7 Q3-09 104.7 109.3 111.9 2007 99.5 106.2 111.0 Q4-09 106.6 111.0 113.0 2008 101.4 106.7 110.1 Q1-10 104.7 106.7 107.3 2009 107.2 108.7 108.2 Q2-10 103.0 102.0 100.4

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1997 106.6 107.1 106.3 Q2-07 91.3 107.2 122.9 1998 101.2 104.7 107.7 Q3-07 90.8 107.0 123.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 92.1 108.9 125.4 2000 91.9 89.3 89.4 Q1-08 94.8 110.6 125.9 2001 92.1 90.4 91.6 Q2-08 95.9 113.3 130.5 2002 92.8 94.1 97.4 Q3-08 95.4 111.6 127.8 2003 99.0 104.6 109.3 Q4-08 101.5 109.9 117.2 2004 97.7 107.6 115.6 Q1-09 110.1 114.7 116.2 2005 95.8 105.5 114.0 Q2-09 107.6 116.1 121.2 2006 94.4 105.1 115.0 Q3-09 105.4 116.8 125.0 2007 91.2 106.8 121.7 Q4-09 107.2 118.4 125.9 2008 96.4 110.4 123.7 Q1-10 104.8 113.4 119.4 2009 107.1 115.5 120.6 Q2-10 102.5 107.8 111.4

EA16/EU27 EA16 EA16 EU27 EA16 EA16 EU27vs EU27 vs IC36 vs IC36 vs EU27 vs IC36 vs IC36

1997 106.4 106.8 105.7 Q2-07 96.4 110.7 123.3 1998 99.4 103.8 107.7 Q3-07 95.6 110.3 123.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 96.9 112.1 125.1 2000 92.9 89.4 88.5 Q1-08 100.0 113.8 125.3 2001 93.4 89.6 88.9 Q2-08 101.4 116.9 130.1 2002 94.6 94.0 95.1 Q3-08 101.3 115.9 128.4 2003 102.1 105.3 106.9 Q4-08 108.3 115.4 119.3 2004 102.8 110.2 114.7 Q1-09 118.1 121.8 120.1 2005 99.8 107.1 112.6 Q2-09 115.9 124.5 126.9 2006 99.7 108.1 114.4 Q3-09 113.8 126.1 132.0 2007 96.2 110.2 121.7 Q4-09 115.8 128.0 133.3 2008 102.3 114.6 124.0 Q1-10 113.2 122.4 126.1 2009 115.4 124.1 126.4 Q2-10 110.5 116.0 117.2

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1997 99.6 99.9 99.8 97.6 Q2-07 100.0 100.5 106.2 106.8 Jan-08 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 1998 99.9 99.9 100.7 99.5 Q3-07 100.0 100.5 106.3 107.0 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.9 100.9 107.3 108.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.3 2000 100.0 98.7 96.7 96.4 Q1-08 99.9 101.7 108.2 109.1 Apr-08 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 2001 100.1 99.3 97.9 97.7 Q2-08 99.9 102.0 109.2 110.3 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 2002 100.1 99.4 99.1 99.3 Q3-08 99.9 101.9 108.5 109.4 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 100.1 101.1 103.6 104.5 Q4-08 99.9 103.2 107.7 108.3 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 100.1 100.9 104.7 106.0 Q1-09 99.9 105.0 109.1 110.4 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -1.0 2005 100.0 100.8 104.4 105.3 Q2-09 99.9 104.5 109.3 110.6 Sep-08 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.4 2006 100.0 100.6 104.8 105.3 Q3-09 99.9 104.1 109.5 111.0 Oct-08 0.0 0.1 -0.8 -0.9 2007 100.0 100.5 106.1 106.7 Q4-09 99.9 104.5 110.1 111.6 Nov-08 0.0 0.8 0.0 -0.1 2008 99.9 102.1 108.0 108.9 Q1-10 99.9 104.0 108.3 109.4 Dec-08 0.0 1.3 1.8 1.8 2009 99.9 104.4 109.1 110.5 Q2-10 99.9 103.5 106.3 106.8 Jan-09 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.8

Feb-09 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 Mar-09 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.9 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.1 0.1 Jun-09 0.0 -0.3 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 -1.3 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 -0.9

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1997 99.9 100.8 101.8 100.4 Q2-07 99.6 100.2 104.3 103.5 Jan-08 -1.0 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9 1998 99.9 100.2 101.5 100.9 Q3-07 99.3 100.0 104.2 103.2 Feb-08 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.8 100.9 105.6 104.7 Mar-08 -0.1 0.3 0.9 1.3 2000 100.6 99.3 96.8 96.4 Q1-08 100.2 102.0 106.8 105.9 Apr-08 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 2001 100.5 99.8 97.6 97.1 Q2-08 101.1 103.1 108.6 107.7 May-08 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 2002 99.8 99.3 98.1 97.9 Q3-08 101.2 103.0 107.8 106.7 Jun-08 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 2003 99.3 100.6 101.8 102.2 Q4-08 101.2 104.3 107.1 105.6 Jul-08 -0.9 -1.1 -0.9 -1.0 2004 99.1 100.2 102.7 103.1 Q1-09 100.7 105.5 107.9 107.0 Aug-08 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.2 2005 99.6 100.6 102.8 102.7 Q2-09 100.5 104.7 107.9 106.9 Sep-08 -0.2 -0.1 -0.7 -0.6 2006 99.9 100.7 103.3 102.6 Q3-09 100.4 103.9 107.5 106.7 Oct-08 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -1.0 2007 99.6 100.2 104.1 103.2 Q4-09 100.6 104.5 108.3 107.4 Nov-08 -0.2 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 2008 100.9 103.0 107.2 106.0 Q1-10 100.9 104.2 106.7 105.3 Dec-08 0.0 1.3 1.9 1.9 2009 100.5 104.5 107.5 106.5 Q2-10 101.7 104.5 105.6 103.7 Jan-09 -1.3 -0.9 -1.4 -0.8

Feb-09 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.5 Mar-09 -0.9 -0.4 0.1 0.0 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 May-09 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 Jun-09 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 Jul-09 -1.0 -1.3 -1.3 -1.4

Aug-09 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.8 Sep-09 -0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 Oct-09 -0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 Nov-09 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 Dec-09 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 Jan-10 -0.8 -1.3 -1.9 -2.1 Feb-10 1.9 1.7 1.1 0.9 Mar-10 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 Apr-10 0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 May-10 0.3 0.2 -0.8 -1.1 Jun-10 0.1 -0.3 -0.8 -0.9

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BL vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 99.9 100.9 101.5 Q2-07 101.3 100.4 104.8 1998 100.5 100.9 102.2 Q3-07 101.2 100.3 104.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 101.1 100.6 105.5 2000 100.5 99.1 96.6 Q1-08 101.0 101.1 106.1 2001 100.1 99.1 97.1 Q2-08 100.9 101.3 107.0 2002 99.6 98.6 97.8 Q3-08 100.8 101.1 106.1 2003 99.6 100.1 101.8 Q4-08 100.8 102.3 105.3 2004 100.2 100.2 103.1 Q1-09 100.8 104.1 106.6 2005 100.7 100.5 103.1 Q2-09 100.9 103.6 106.9 2006 101.2 100.7 103.5 Q3-09 101.1 103.3 107.2 2007 101.2 100.3 104.5 Q4-09 101.3 103.9 108.0 2008 100.9 101.3 105.7 Q1-10 101.6 103.6 106.5 2009 101.0 103.6 106.7 Q2-10 101.9 103.3 104.7

BL vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 99.4 99.7 100.2 Q2-07 106.2 106.4 109.3 1998 99.3 99.8 100.7 Q3-07 106.8 106.9 109.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 107.6 107.9 111.1 2000 101.9 100.7 98.6 Q1-08 108.4 109.1 112.3 2001 102.6 102.0 99.9 Q2-08 108.8 109.5 113.4 2002 102.5 101.9 100.9 Q3-08 108.6 108.8 112.1 2003 102.4 102.9 104.2 Q4-08 107.9 109.1 110.4 2004 103.7 104.0 106.0 Q1-09 107.0 109.7 110.8 2005 105.7 106.0 107.6 Q2-09 106.2 108.1 110.3 2006 105.9 106.0 107.6 Q3-09 105.8 107.1 110.2 2007 106.6 106.7 109.4 Q4-09 106.0 107.7 111.1 2008 108.4 109.0 111.7 Q1-10 106.5 107.9 110.0 2009 106.2 108.1 110.3 Q2-10 107.3 108.2 108.8

BL vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.7 100.1 101.2 Q2-07 100.6 99.0 103.9 1998 99.6 99.9 101.3 Q3-07 100.8 99.0 104.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 101.0 99.6 105.1 2000 99.1 97.3 95.1 Q1-08 101.2 100.5 106.2 2001 101.0 99.2 97.4 Q2-08 101.3 101.0 107.4 2002 100.8 99.3 98.9 Q3-08 101.4 101.0 107.0 2003 99.8 99.8 102.1 Q4-08 101.6 102.5 106.6 2004 98.5 98.2 101.7 Q1-09 101.7 104.5 108.3 2005 98.9 98.3 101.6 Q2-09 101.8 104.0 108.9 2006 99.9 98.9 102.4 Q3-09 101.9 103.6 109.2 2007 100.7 99.1 103.8 Q4-09 101.9 104.1 109.9 2008 101.4 101.1 106.3 Q1-10 101.9 103.6 108.1 2009 101.8 103.9 108.6 Q2-10 101.9 103.1 106.0

BL vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.1 99.7 100.7 Q2-07 103.0 102.4 107.7 1998 98.0 98.1 99.5 Q3-07 102.7 101.9 107.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.6 102.1 107.9 2000 99.4 97.8 95.4 Q1-08 102.4 102.8 108.6 2001 101.8 100.3 97.9 Q2-08 102.0 102.8 109.4 2002 100.9 99.8 98.9 Q3-08 101.2 101.9 108.2 2003 101.2 101.8 103.7 Q4-08 99.9 102.1 106.7 2004 99.8 100.6 104.0 Q1-09 98.5 102.6 107.3 2005 100.6 100.7 103.8 Q2-09 97.4 100.9 106.9 2006 103.9 103.9 107.4 Q3-09 96.6 99.8 106.6 2007 103.0 102.3 107.3 Q4-09 96.4 100.0 107.1 2008 101.4 102.3 107.8 Q1-10 96.6 99.7 105.5 2009 97.3 100.7 106.5 Q2-10 97.1 99.6 103.8

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Annual data Quarterly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

Annual data Quarterly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflator

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1997 102 101 93 81 Q2-07 100.5 101.4 118.1 119.5 Jan-08 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 1998 100 99 97 89 Q3-07 100.5 101.3 117.9 119.4 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.5 101.7 118.4 120.2 Mar-08 0.0 0.2 1.5 1.8 2000 100.3 99.7 99.9 99.6 Q1-08 100.5 102.4 119.7 121.7 Apr-08 0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.8 2001 101.0 101.1 107.5 107.0 Q2-08 100.5 102.3 121.2 123.5 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.8 2002 101.0 101.4 111.0 111.4 Q3-08 100.4 102.1 119.6 121.5 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 2003 101.1 102.9 116.3 118.0 Q4-08 100.4 103.5 120.6 122.1 Jul-08 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 2004 100.8 102.8 117.6 119.9 Q1-09 100.4 105.6 123.2 126.5 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -1.3 -1.5 2005 100.7 102.1 116.2 117.9 Q2-09 100.4 105.1 123.2 126.4 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 2006 100.6 101.9 117.1 118.3 Q3-09 100.4 104.7 123.2 126.9 Oct-08 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.3 2007 100.6 101.5 117.8 119.2 Q4-09 100.4 105.0 124.0 127.4 Nov-08 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 2008 100.5 102.6 119.9 121.7 Q1-10 100.4 104.4 121.8 124.5 Dec-08 0.0 1.1 1.5 1.7 2009 100.4 105.1 123.0 126.3 Q2-10 100.4 104.2 119.6 121.4 Jan-09 0.0 0.7 0.6 1.8

Feb-09 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 Mar-09 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.9 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.9 -1.0 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 Jul-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 Oct-09 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.2 Nov-09 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.3 -1.0 -1.3 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 Apr-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.9 May-10 0.0 0.1 -0.9 -1.2 Jun-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6

BGEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 86.4 87.1 88.6 82.8 Q2-07 136.6 135.1 135.7 130.2 Jan-08 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.8 1998 98.7 98.7 100.0 97.3 Q3-07 141.4 139.7 140.3 134.3 Feb-08 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 144.4 143.2 143.4 137.5 Mar-08 -0.1 0.2 1.5 1.9 2000 108.1 106.9 103.8 102.3 Q1-08 149.1 148.4 149.1 142.7 Apr-08 0.5 0.3 1.0 0.9 2001 113.9 113.0 111.5 108.5 Q2-08 150.1 149.5 151.8 145.4 May-08 0.2 0.1 -0.7 -0.7 2002 117.6 116.8 115.4 112.5 Q3-08 153.0 151.9 152.3 145.4 Jun-08 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 2003 117.8 118.4 118.6 116.3 Q4-08 153.7 154.5 153.7 145.9 Jul-08 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 2004 122.2 122.6 123.6 121.1 Q1-09 154.8 158.3 157.7 151.3 Aug-08 0.1 0.0 -1.2 -1.5 2005 126.6 126.2 125.8 122.1 Q2-09 154.2 156.9 156.9 150.3 Sep-08 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 2006 133.0 132.2 132.2 127.1 Q3-09 154.6 156.5 157.0 150.7 Oct-08 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 2007 140.0 138.4 138.8 133.1 Q4-09 154.3 156.5 157.1 150.6 Nov-08 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 2008 151.5 151.0 151.4 144.6 Q1-10 156.0 157.0 155.1 147.6 Dec-08 -0.3 0.8 1.3 1.5 2009 154.5 156.9 156.8 150.5 Q2-10 156.0 156.8 152.6 144.2 Jan-09 1.3 1.8 1.5 2.4

Feb-09 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 Mar-09 -0.8 -0.6 0.2 0.0 Apr-09 0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -0.8 May-09 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 Jun-09 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.5 Jul-09 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0

Aug-09 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 Sep-09 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.1 Oct-09 0.0 0.3 0.1 -0.1 Nov-09 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 1.4 0.7 -0.3 -0.7 Feb-10 -0.1 -0.2 -0.9 -1.2 Mar-10 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.8 Apr-10 0.7 0.5 0.0 -0.2 May-10 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -1.3 Jun-10 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1.0

Bulgaria - BGN

1. Trade-weighted currency indices

2. Relative price indicators, based on HICP / CPI

Annual data Quarterly data Monthly data

vs (the rest of)

Annual data(index 1999 = 100)

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BG vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 82.3 82.9 83.5 Q2-07 129.5 126.1 129.0 1998 97.5 97.6 98.5 Q3-07 131.8 128.1 130.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 135.0 131.5 133.8 2000 105.3 104.0 101.1 Q1-08 138.5 135.5 138.1 2001 110.3 109.2 108.3 Q2-08 141.8 138.5 142.6 2002 112.1 111.0 110.9 Q3-08 144.3 140.5 142.8 2003 111.6 111.5 113.1 Q4-08 146.0 144.1 145.5 2004 114.9 114.3 116.5 Q1-09 146.8 147.8 149.4 2005 116.9 115.4 116.3 Q2-09 147.3 147.6 149.8 2006 124.5 122.2 123.4 Q3-09 147.5 147.1 150.0 2007 131.1 127.5 129.6 Q4-09 147.7 147.6 150.8 2008 142.6 139.4 141.3 Q1-10 147.9 146.8 148.0 2009 147.3 147.3 149.1 Q2-10 148.1 146.5 145.2

BG vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 88.5 88.6 88.5 Q2-07 140.7 139.8 141.8 1998 94.2 94.4 95.1 Q3-07 143.3 142.2 143.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 147.1 146.3 147.2 2000 115.9 114.9 112.6 Q1-08 151.1 150.8 151.5 2001 116.1 115.5 112.8 Q2-08 153.4 152.6 154.6 2002 111.4 110.9 109.6 Q3-08 153.0 151.2 151.1 2003 112.0 112.3 113.2 Q4-08 149.8 149.6 148.7 2004 117.5 117.6 118.5 Q1-09 145.5 147.7 147.3 2005 122.9 122.7 122.9 Q2-09 141.8 142.9 143.6 2006 136.0 135.4 135.4 Q3-09 140.1 140.4 141.9 2007 142.7 141.8 142.7 Q4-09 140.7 141.4 143.5 2008 151.9 151.0 150.7 Q1-10 143.0 143.1 143.3 2009 142.2 143.1 143.3 Q2-10 146.2 146.2 144.0

BG vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 72.2 73.2 75.3 Q2-07 122.6 119.2 124.4 1998 101.4 101.3 104.1 Q3-07 127.0 123.2 128.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 131.3 127.6 132.4 2000 99.4 97.8 96.0 Q1-08 135.4 132.2 137.6 2001 107.1 105.3 105.6 Q2-08 138.9 135.5 142.8 2002 105.6 104.3 106.0 Q3-08 141.9 138.0 143.8 2003 106.4 106.2 109.9 Q4-08 144.3 142.3 147.6 2004 106.2 106.0 110.4 Q1-09 146.2 147.1 153.0 2005 107.3 105.9 109.3 Q2-09 147.8 148.1 155.1 2006 111.1 109.1 112.9 Q3-09 149.4 149.0 156.9 2007 124.9 121.3 125.8 Q4-09 150.9 151.0 159.5 2008 140.2 136.9 142.2 Q1-10 152.5 151.8 158.2 2009 148.7 148.7 155.4 Q2-10 153.9 152.8 156.6

BG vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 : : : Q2-07 : : :1998 : : : Q3-07 : : :1999 : : : Q4-07 : : :2000 : : : Q1-08 : : :2001 : : : Q2-08 : : :2002 : : : Q3-08 : : :2003 : : : Q4-08 : : :2004 : : : Q1-09 : : :2005 : : : Q2-09 : : :2006 : : : Q3-09 : : :2007 : : : Q4-09 : : :2008 : : : Q1-10 : : :2009 : : : Q2-10 : : :

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4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflator

5. Relative cost indicators, based on unit labour costs in total economy

6. Relative cost indicators, based on unit wage costs in manufacturingAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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CZEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 101.7 100.7 100.4 94.3 Q2-07 129.3 129.9 134.3 136.2 Jan-08 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.0 1998 101.8 101.2 101.5 98.0 Q3-07 130.8 131.5 136.0 137.9 Feb-08 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 136.3 137.3 142.4 144.8 Mar-08 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 2000 103.5 102.7 101.7 101.5 Q1-08 142.9 144.8 150.1 152.8 Apr-08 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 2001 108.3 107.5 107.0 106.8 Q2-08 146.8 148.7 154.8 157.8 May-08 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 2002 119.7 119.2 119.4 119.9 Q3-08 151.0 152.6 158.4 161.2 Jun-08 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 2003 115.7 117.2 119.1 120.5 Q4-08 143.6 147.6 151.5 153.9 Jul-08 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.2 2004 115.4 116.9 119.5 121.3 Q1-09 131.8 138.5 141.9 145.3 Aug-08 -3.1 -3.1 -3.5 -3.7 2005 123.3 124.3 126.9 128.6 Q2-09 136.4 142.8 146.8 150.2 Sep-08 -0.9 -0.5 -0.9 -0.9 2006 129.4 130.3 133.5 134.8 Q3-09 142.2 147.9 152.5 156.6 Oct-08 -1.1 -0.5 -1.1 -1.3 2007 131.7 132.3 136.6 138.3 Q4-09 140.4 146.4 151.0 154.9 Nov-08 -1.7 -0.9 -1.3 -1.5 2008 146.1 148.3 153.3 155.8 Q1-10 140.6 145.8 149.4 152.6 Dec-08 -3.5 -2.3 -2.0 -1.4 2009 137.7 143.8 147.6 151.1 Q2-10 142.2 147.1 149.6 151.8 Jan-09 -4.0 -3.3 -3.5 -3.2

Feb-09 -4.5 -4.0 -4.2 -4.0 Mar-09 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.1 Apr-09 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 May-09 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 Jul-09 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.7

Aug-09 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 Sep-09 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 Oct-09 -2.0 -1.7 -1.7 -1.8 Nov-09 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 Dec-09 -1.1 -1.1 -1.3 -1.3 Jan-10 -0.2 -0.5 -0.8 -1.0 Feb-10 0.6 0.4 0.0 -0.2 Mar-10 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.3 Apr-10 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 May-10 -1.4 -1.1 -1.7 -2.0 Jun-10 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 -1.0

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1997 94.0 94.6 95.1 92.4 Q2-07 130.8 129.5 132.4 130.4 Jan-08 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.3 1998 101.6 101.6 102.4 101.1 Q3-07 133.0 131.7 134.6 132.5 Feb-08 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 139.0 137.7 141.2 139.2 Mar-08 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.6 2000 105.0 103.6 102.3 101.7 Q1-08 150.3 149.6 153.4 151.0 Apr-08 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 2001 112.0 110.2 109.0 107.9 Q2-08 153.2 152.4 156.8 154.5 May-08 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -0.7 2002 123.0 121.4 120.6 119.5 Q3-08 157.7 156.3 160.3 157.5 Jun-08 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2003 116.5 116.9 117.6 117.1 Q4-08 149.5 150.6 152.8 149.7 Jul-08 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.5 2004 116.6 116.9 118.4 117.8 Q1-09 139.1 143.1 144.8 142.7 Aug-08 -3.3 -3.2 -3.7 -3.9 2005 124.1 123.6 124.9 123.7 Q2-09 143.3 146.5 148.8 146.5 Sep-08 -1.1 -0.9 -1.2 -1.2 2006 130.3 129.5 131.2 129.1 Q3-09 148.8 150.9 153.7 151.6 Oct-08 -0.9 -0.4 -0.9 -1.2 2007 133.7 132.2 135.0 132.8 Q4-09 145.7 148.0 150.8 148.6 Nov-08 -1.9 -1.2 -1.6 -1.8 2008 152.8 152.1 155.4 152.6 Q1-10 147.7 148.9 150.7 147.6 Dec-08 -3.7 -2.5 -2.2 -1.6 2009 144.3 147.0 149.2 146.8 Q2-10 149.0 149.8 150.5 146.5 Jan-09 -2.0 -1.5 -1.8 -1.6

Feb-09 -5.0 -4.5 -4.7 -4.5 Mar-09 4.5 4.8 5.1 5.0 Apr-09 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 May-09 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 Jul-09 3.1 2.6 2.6 2.6

Aug-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 Sep-09 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 Oct-09 -2.4 -2.1 -2.1 -2.2 Nov-09 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 Dec-09 -1.4 -1.4 -1.5 -1.5 Jan-10 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 Feb-10 0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.6 Mar-10 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 Apr-10 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 May-10 -1.3 -1.1 -1.6 -1.9 Jun-10 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1.0

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Czech Republic - CZK

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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2. Relative price indicators, based on HICP / CPI

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1997 91.6 92.1 92.5 Q2-07 135.1 132.3 135.3 1998 100.2 100.3 100.9 Q3-07 136.8 133.7 136.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 142.3 139.2 142.7 2000 103.8 102.4 101.1 Q1-08 148.9 146.3 149.9 2001 111.5 109.6 108.5 Q2-08 152.7 149.8 154.1 2002 123.9 122.0 121.5 Q3-08 157.4 153.9 157.8 2003 118.6 118.5 119.6 Q4-08 150.4 149.5 151.6 2004 121.6 121.2 122.9 Q1-09 138.8 141.1 142.7 2005 127.7 126.2 127.7 Q2-09 144.4 146.1 148.4 2006 133.6 131.5 133.2 Q3-09 151.0 151.6 154.6 2007 137.6 134.5 137.3 Q4-09 149.1 149.9 152.9 2008 152.4 149.7 152.8 Q1-10 149.0 148.8 150.8 2009 145.8 146.9 149.1 Q2-10 150.2 149.5 150.2

CZ vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 95.3 95.8 96.1 Q2-07 114.7 113.4 115.1 1998 100.1 100.2 100.8 Q3-07 114.2 113.0 114.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 116.1 114.9 116.7 2000 102.6 101.8 100.6 Q1-08 118.4 117.7 119.4 2001 106.0 105.1 103.9 Q2-08 119.0 117.8 119.9 2002 111.0 110.0 109.5 Q3-08 121.4 119.3 121.2 2003 108.6 108.7 109.4 Q4-08 116.0 115.5 116.1 2004 110.5 110.2 111.3 Q1-09 107.8 109.2 109.7 2005 113.5 112.8 113.6 Q2-09 113.0 113.6 114.8 2006 115.0 114.0 114.8 Q3-09 118.6 118.2 120.0 2007 115.4 114.1 115.5 Q4-09 116.9 116.9 118.7 2008 118.8 117.6 118.9 Q1-10 116.2 115.6 116.7 2009 114.1 114.4 115.5 Q2-10 116.2 115.6 115.8

CZ vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 93.2 94.0 94.6 Q2-07 146.1 143.3 147.1 1998 99.7 99.5 100.3 Q3-07 148.9 145.7 149.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 156.4 153.2 157.5 2000 104.3 102.8 101.6 Q1-08 165.3 162.5 167.1 2001 113.3 110.9 109.9 Q2-08 170.5 167.5 172.9 2002 130.1 128.1 127.8 Q3-08 175.3 171.7 176.9 2003 127.9 128.1 129.5 Q4-08 165.8 165.3 168.5 2004 128.8 129.0 131.3 Q1-09 150.8 154.0 156.8 2005 136.5 135.4 137.6 Q2-09 154.8 157.4 161.1 2006 144.4 142.8 145.2 Q3-09 160.4 162.1 166.5 2007 149.5 146.4 149.9 Q4-09 157.8 159.9 164.4 2008 169.2 166.4 170.6 Q1-10 157.9 159.0 162.4 2009 155.9 158.0 161.5 Q2-10 159.9 160.6 162.7

CZ vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 96.4 96.9 97.5 Q2-07 128.3 128.0 131.3 1998 111.1 110.5 111.4 Q3-07 129.4 128.7 132.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 133.3 132.6 136.3 2000 100.6 99.4 98.1 Q1-08 137.5 137.4 141.1 2001 114.8 113.2 111.7 Q2-08 138.6 138.5 142.9 2002 124.7 123.9 123.3 Q3-08 140.3 140.0 144.3 2003 125.5 127.3 128.5 Q4-08 131.8 134.1 137.0 2004 122.1 124.1 126.2 Q1-09 119.8 125.0 127.9 2005 126.8 127.2 129.1 Q2-09 123.2 128.3 132.1 2006 127.4 128.0 130.0 Q3-09 127.9 132.5 137.1 2007 130.1 129.4 132.5 Q4-09 125.9 130.9 135.5 2008 137.1 137.2 140.7 Q1-10 126.0 130.1 133.8 2009 124.3 128.9 132.5 Q2-10 127.5 131.1 133.7

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(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

Annual data

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4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflator

5. Relative cost indicators, based on unit labour costs in total economy

Annual data Quarterly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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1997 99.3 99.4 99.6 95.8 Q2-07 99.8 100.7 106.0 106.8 Jan-08 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 1998 99.7 99.7 101.0 98.9 Q3-07 99.8 100.8 106.1 106.9 Feb-08 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.7 101.1 106.9 107.9 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 2000 99.8 98.1 95.6 95.3 Q1-08 99.7 102.0 107.9 109.2 Apr-08 -0.1 0.1 0.5 0.4 2001 99.9 99.3 97.2 97.1 Q2-08 99.6 102.1 108.8 110.2 May-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 2002 100.2 99.7 98.6 98.8 Q3-08 99.6 102.1 108.3 109.4 Jun-08 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 2003 100.2 101.5 103.1 104.3 Q4-08 99.7 104.5 108.6 109.4 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.2 2004 100.0 101.2 104.4 105.9 Q1-09 99.7 107.2 110.8 112.5 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -1.0 2005 99.8 101.0 103.9 105.0 Q2-09 99.7 106.5 110.9 112.6 Sep-08 0.0 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 2006 99.7 100.7 104.2 104.9 Q3-09 99.8 105.7 110.7 112.7 Oct-08 0.1 0.5 -0.4 -0.5 2007 99.8 100.6 105.7 106.5 Q4-09 99.8 106.2 111.0 113.0 Nov-08 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.2 2008 99.6 102.5 107.9 109.0 Q1-10 99.8 105.2 108.7 110.1 Dec-08 0.0 2.0 2.7 2.5 2009 99.7 106.2 110.3 112.1 Q2-10 99.8 104.4 106.1 107.0 Jan-09 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.9

Feb-09 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.3 Mar-09 0.0 0.7 1.3 1.2 Apr-09 0.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.8 May-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 Jun-09 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 Jul-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 Oct-09 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Dec-09 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.6 -1.0 -1.2 Feb-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.2 -1.4 Mar-10 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 Apr-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.8 May-10 0.0 0.0 -1.1 -1.4 Jun-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.9 -1.0

DKEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 98.3 99.1 100.0 98.0 Q2-07 98.6 99.7 104.5 103.1 Jan-08 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 1998 98.8 99.0 100.7 99.9 Q3-07 98.1 99.2 104.0 102.5 Feb-08 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 98.3 99.7 105.0 103.6 Mar-08 -0.4 0.1 0.7 1.0 2000 100.3 98.6 95.8 95.3 Q1-08 98.8 101.1 106.6 105.0 Apr-08 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 2001 100.1 99.7 97.2 96.4 Q2-08 98.7 101.1 107.3 105.8 May-08 -0.3 -0.4 -0.7 -0.7 2002 100.6 100.4 98.9 98.4 Q3-08 98.6 101.0 106.5 104.7 Jun-08 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2003 100.7 102.3 103.5 103.5 Q4-08 98.9 103.3 107.1 104.9 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 2004 99.6 101.0 103.8 103.8 Q1-09 99.4 106.3 109.5 108.0 Aug-08 0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.8 2005 99.1 100.6 103.0 102.4 Q2-09 99.5 105.6 109.6 108.0 Sep-08 0.3 0.6 -0.1 0.0 2006 98.8 100.1 103.0 101.7 Q3-09 99.8 104.8 109.3 107.8 Oct-08 0.0 0.4 -0.5 -0.6 2007 98.5 99.5 104.0 102.5 Q4-09 99.6 105.0 109.3 107.8 Nov-08 0.3 1.4 0.7 0.4 2008 98.8 101.5 106.3 104.5 Q1-10 100.5 104.7 107.6 105.6 Dec-08 -0.4 1.6 2.4 2.3 2009 99.6 105.2 108.9 107.3 Q2-10 100.3 103.8 105.2 102.7 Jan-09 0.3 0.6 -0.1 0.7

Feb-09 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 Mar-09 0.1 0.8 1.4 1.2 Apr-09 -0.3 -1.1 -1.0 -1.1 May-09 0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.1 Jun-09 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 Jul-09 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4

Aug-09 -0.1 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 Sep-09 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 Oct-09 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 Dec-09 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7 -0.7 Jan-10 0.9 0.2 -0.5 -0.8 Feb-10 0.4 0.0 -0.7 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 Apr-10 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -0.9 May-10 -0.2 -0.2 -1.3 -1.6 Jun-10 0.0 -0.6 -1.0 -1.1

Denmark - DKK

1. Trade-weighted currency indices

Annual data Quarterly data Monthly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100) monthly % change

2. Relative price indicators, based on HICP / CPI

vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)

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DK vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 99.0 99.8 100.5 Q2-07 103.2 102.7 106.7 1998 99.0 99.4 101.2 Q3-07 103.5 102.9 106.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 103.9 103.6 107.9 2000 101.4 99.5 96.1 Q1-08 104.6 105.1 109.4 2001 101.5 100.8 97.9 Q2-08 105.0 105.7 110.5 2002 101.7 101.0 99.5 Q3-08 105.2 105.8 110.2 2003 101.6 102.4 103.7 Q4-08 105.2 108.0 110.3 2004 102.2 102.7 105.3 Q1-09 104.9 110.4 112.2 2005 103.3 103.7 105.6 Q2-09 104.6 109.2 112.1 2006 103.7 103.6 105.6 Q3-09 104.4 108.1 111.7 2007 103.4 102.8 106.5 Q4-09 104.5 108.5 112.0 2008 105.0 105.9 109.5 Q1-10 104.7 107.6 109.6 2009 104.5 108.8 111.4 Q2-10 104.9 106.8 107.1

DK vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 100.6 100.7 101.2 Q2-07 109.4 109.7 110.7 1998 99.4 99.8 101.5 Q3-07 110.5 110.8 111.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 112.1 112.5 113.3 2000 104.0 102.6 98.8 Q1-08 113.7 114.7 115.2 2001 104.8 104.6 101.0 Q2-08 114.4 115.2 116.2 2002 104.3 104.0 102.0 Q3-08 113.8 113.9 114.6 2003 104.5 105.3 105.8 Q4-08 112.0 113.9 112.8 2004 105.6 106.3 107.2 Q1-09 109.5 113.7 112.6 2005 108.8 109.7 109.3 Q2-09 107.4 110.4 110.7 2006 109.4 109.9 109.2 Q3-09 106.3 108.2 109.5 2007 110.2 110.4 111.0 Q4-09 106.4 108.7 110.1 2008 113.4 114.3 114.3 Q1-10 107.2 108.8 108.8 2009 107.4 110.1 110.3 Q2-10 108.5 109.6 107.8

DK vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 95.6 96.6 97.9 Q2-07 108.6 106.9 112.3 1998 98.6 98.8 100.5 Q3-07 109.8 107.9 113.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 110.6 109.2 115.1 2000 99.1 96.6 94.0 Q1-08 111.6 111.0 117.1 2001 101.1 99.1 97.0 Q2-08 112.2 112.0 118.9 2002 102.5 100.9 100.1 Q3-08 112.7 112.6 119.1 2003 102.9 103.0 105.3 Q4-08 113.2 115.5 120.1 2004 102.5 102.5 106.3 Q1-09 113.3 118.7 122.9 2005 103.7 103.4 106.9 Q2-09 113.3 117.9 123.3 2006 105.2 104.6 108.1 Q3-09 113.2 116.9 123.1 2007 109.1 107.3 112.3 Q4-09 112.9 117.0 123.2 2008 112.4 112.5 118.1 Q1-10 112.6 115.6 120.2 2009 113.2 117.4 122.4 Q2-10 112.3 114.3 116.9

DK vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 95.1 95.6 96.9 Q2-07 119.6 120.5 126.5 1998 98.3 97.8 99.5 Q3-07 121.3 121.9 127.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 122.7 123.6 130.2 2000 99.8 97.5 94.7 Q1-08 124.0 125.9 132.6 2001 102.7 101.0 98.0 Q2-08 124.3 126.7 134.4 2002 105.2 104.2 102.6 Q3-08 123.7 126.3 133.9 2003 108.5 109.9 111.7 Q4-08 122.4 128.0 133.7 2004 107.6 109.7 113.7 Q1-09 120.5 129.7 135.5 2005 110.7 112.4 116.0 Q2-09 118.8 127.2 134.8 2006 114.7 116.8 120.4 Q3-09 117.5 125.1 133.7 2007 120.4 121.1 126.7 Q4-09 116.9 125.0 133.7 2008 123.6 126.5 132.9 Q1-10 116.8 123.7 130.6 2009 118.4 126.5 133.7 Q2-10 117.1 122.8 127.4

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(index 1999 = 100)

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DEEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 99.3 99.1 98.8 94.5 Q2-07 99.8 100.1 108.2 109.1 Jan-08 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.4 1998 99.7 99.5 100.6 98.1 Q3-07 99.8 100.1 108.3 109.4 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.8 100.6 109.5 110.8 Mar-08 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.6 2000 100.0 98.5 95.6 95.3 Q1-08 99.8 101.4 110.4 111.9 Apr-08 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.6 2001 100.1 99.1 96.9 96.7 Q2-08 99.7 101.6 111.6 113.3 May-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 2002 100.1 99.2 98.6 99.0 Q3-08 99.6 101.3 110.5 111.9 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 2003 100.1 101.4 104.4 106.0 Q4-08 99.6 103.5 109.3 110.4 Jul-08 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.1 2004 100.1 101.2 106.2 108.3 Q1-09 99.6 106.4 111.4 113.8 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -1.0 -1.3 2005 100.0 100.7 105.6 107.1 Q2-09 99.6 105.6 111.8 114.0 Sep-08 0.0 0.4 -0.6 -0.5 2006 100.0 100.5 106.1 107.0 Q3-09 99.6 104.8 111.9 114.5 Oct-08 0.0 0.4 -1.1 -1.1 2007 99.8 100.2 108.0 109.0 Q4-09 99.6 105.4 112.6 115.2 Nov-08 0.0 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 2008 99.7 101.9 110.0 111.4 Q1-10 99.6 104.6 110.1 112.1 Dec-08 0.0 1.9 2.3 2.4 2009 99.6 105.4 111.4 113.9 Q2-10 99.6 103.9 107.4 108.6 Jan-09 0.0 0.8 0.2 1.2

Feb-09 0.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.1 Mar-09 0.0 0.5 1.2 1.1 Apr-09 0.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.7 May-09 0.0 -0.4 0.1 0.1 Jun-09 0.0 -0.2 0.4 0.5 Jul-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 Sep-09 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 Oct-09 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 Jan-10 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.2 Feb-10 0.0 -0.3 -1.2 -1.4 Mar-10 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 Apr-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 May-10 0.0 0.1 -1.4 -1.7 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -1.1

DEEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 101.0 102.2 103.6 100.9 Q2-07 94.1 94.3 100.2 98.5 Jan-08 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 1998 100.5 100.7 102.8 101.5 Q3-07 94.8 94.9 100.9 99.0 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.4 94.9 101.5 99.8 Mar-08 -0.6 0.0 0.8 1.3 2000 98.8 97.1 93.8 93.3 Q1-08 94.4 95.6 102.3 100.4 Apr-08 -0.7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.2 2001 98.0 96.8 93.7 93.0 Q2-08 93.3 94.8 102.4 100.6 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 2002 96.7 95.9 94.2 93.9 Q3-08 93.9 95.0 101.7 99.5 Jun-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 2003 95.4 96.9 98.5 98.7 Q4-08 93.4 96.4 100.2 97.8 Jul-08 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 2004 95.0 96.3 99.7 100.1 Q1-09 93.9 99.3 102.4 100.8 Aug-08 -0.4 -0.4 -1.3 -1.6 2005 94.8 95.6 98.7 98.2 Q2-09 93.2 97.8 102.1 100.3 Sep-08 -0.4 0.0 -0.9 -0.8 2006 94.4 95.0 98.7 97.3 Q3-09 93.9 97.5 102.4 100.8 Oct-08 -0.3 0.1 -1.3 -1.4 2007 94.5 94.7 100.4 98.6 Q4-09 93.4 97.5 102.5 100.9 Nov-08 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 2008 93.8 95.4 101.2 99.1 Q1-10 93.7 96.9 100.2 98.0 Dec-08 0.7 2.6 3.1 3.1 2009 93.6 97.9 102.0 100.2 Q2-10 92.8 95.5 97.2 94.4 Jan-09 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.8

Feb-09 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.1 Mar-09 -0.7 -0.1 0.6 0.4 Apr-09 -0.3 -1.0 -0.8 -1.0 May-09 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.2 Jun-09 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.7 Jul-09 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.1

Aug-09 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 0.0 Sep-09 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 0.1 Oct-09 -0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 -0.3 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 Dec-09 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.4 Jan-10 0.1 -0.7 -1.5 -1.8 Feb-10 -0.2 -0.4 -1.2 -1.5 Mar-10 -0.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 Apr-10 -0.6 -1.1 -1.1 -1.4 May-10 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.7 Jun-10 0.1 -0.4 -1.0 -1.1

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1997 101.8 102.9 103.7 Q2-07 88.2 87.4 93.8 1998 100.7 101.0 102.8 Q3-07 88.0 87.1 93.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 87.7 87.1 94.2 2000 96.9 95.3 92.1 Q1-08 87.4 87.5 94.5 2001 95.2 94.1 91.5 Q2-08 87.2 87.3 95.2 2002 93.8 92.7 91.8 Q3-08 87.1 87.0 94.2 2003 92.7 93.5 96.0 Q4-08 87.3 88.9 93.2 2004 91.7 92.1 96.2 Q1-09 87.6 91.6 95.3 2005 90.2 90.2 94.0 Q2-09 87.9 91.2 95.8 2006 88.6 88.3 92.6 Q3-09 88.0 90.5 96.0 2007 88.0 87.2 93.4 Q4-09 87.9 90.8 96.4 2008 87.2 87.6 93.9 Q1-10 87.7 89.9 94.1 2009 87.8 90.9 95.4 Q2-10 87.4 88.9 91.4

DE vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 100.2 100.6 101.3 Q2-07 90.9 91.2 95.7 1998 100.1 100.6 102.0 Q3-07 90.2 90.6 95.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 89.4 90.0 94.8 2000 98.2 96.9 94.1 Q1-08 88.5 89.7 94.4 2001 97.5 96.8 94.0 Q2-08 87.8 88.8 94.4 2002 97.8 97.0 95.7 Q3-08 87.5 87.9 92.9 2003 97.1 97.6 99.3 Q4-08 87.6 89.3 91.7 2004 95.8 96.2 99.0 Q1-09 87.9 91.6 93.6 2005 93.6 94.1 96.5 Q2-09 88.1 90.8 94.2 2006 92.0 92.4 95.0 Q3-09 88.2 90.0 94.5 2007 90.4 90.8 95.0 Q4-09 88.0 90.3 95.0 2008 87.8 88.9 93.0 Q1-10 87.7 89.5 92.8 2009 88.0 90.6 94.0 Q2-10 87.2 88.7 90.3

DE vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 100.4 102.2 103.8 Q2-07 85.7 84.4 91.6 1998 100.5 100.7 102.8 Q3-07 85.3 83.9 91.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 84.7 83.7 91.6 2000 99.3 96.8 93.7 Q1-08 84.3 83.9 91.8 2001 97.0 94.8 92.3 Q2-08 83.9 83.7 92.5 2002 95.1 93.2 92.7 Q3-08 83.8 83.5 91.8 2003 93.7 93.9 97.0 Q4-08 84.1 85.5 91.2 2004 92.5 92.5 97.5 Q1-09 84.5 88.3 93.7 2005 90.0 89.6 94.4 Q2-09 84.9 88.0 94.7 2006 87.1 86.6 91.7 Q3-09 85.1 87.6 95.2 2007 85.4 84.1 91.2 Q4-09 85.2 88.1 95.9 2008 84.0 84.0 91.4 Q1-10 85.1 87.4 93.6 2009 84.9 87.9 94.4 Q2-10 84.9 86.6 91.0

DE vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 96.7 98.7 100.4 Q2-07 86.4 86.5 93.8 1998 99.4 99.1 101.4 Q3-07 85.9 85.8 93.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 84.9 85.2 93.1 2000 99.7 97.6 94.1 Q1-08 84.0 85.1 93.0 2001 98.2 96.2 92.7 Q2-08 83.7 85.1 93.9 2002 98.0 96.4 95.0 Q3-08 84.6 85.9 94.4 2003 95.8 96.7 99.1 Q4-08 86.7 89.8 96.0 2004 92.9 94.4 99.1 Q1-09 89.3 94.9 101.2 2005 89.7 90.4 94.9 Q2-09 91.8 96.7 104.8 2006 86.3 87.4 92.4 Q3-09 93.5 97.6 106.9 2007 85.9 86.0 93.1 Q4-09 93.9 98.5 108.2 2008 84.8 86.4 93.9 Q1-10 93.5 97.4 105.3 2009 92.2 96.9 104.8 Q2-10 92.5 95.8 101.5

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1997 99.2 99.6 98.3 77.6 Q2-07 100.0 100.6 104.1 107.5 Jan-08 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 1998 99.8 100.3 100.2 87.9 Q3-07 100.0 100.7 104.2 107.7 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.0 100.9 104.8 108.7 Mar-08 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.1 2000 100.1 97.5 96.5 96.4 Q1-08 100.0 101.4 105.5 109.7 Apr-08 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 2001 100.1 98.9 98.2 98.0 Q2-08 99.9 101.4 106.1 110.6 May-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 2002 100.1 98.9 98.8 100.0 Q3-08 99.9 101.4 105.6 109.8 Jun-08 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2003 100.2 100.6 102.0 105.2 Q4-08 99.9 103.4 106.4 109.9 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 100.1 100.7 102.9 106.7 Q1-09 99.9 105.5 108.3 114.5 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -1.0 2005 100.1 100.8 102.8 106.2 Q2-09 99.9 105.0 108.4 114.4 Sep-08 0.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 2006 100.1 100.7 103.0 105.9 Q3-09 99.9 104.2 107.9 114.5 Oct-08 0.0 0.6 0.1 -0.4 2007 100.0 100.5 104.1 107.4 Q4-09 99.9 104.4 108.2 114.5 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 2008 99.9 101.6 105.6 109.4 Q1-10 99.9 103.6 106.4 111.8 Dec-08 0.0 1.5 2.0 2.4 2009 99.9 104.6 107.9 113.9 Q2-10 99.9 103.0 104.6 108.8 Jan-09 0.0 0.4 0.1 1.9

Feb-09 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 Mar-09 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.7 Apr-09 0.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.8 May-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 Jun-09 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 Jul-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.5 Sep-09 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 Nov-09 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 -1.2 Feb-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 -1.3 Mar-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.8 Apr-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8 May-10 0.0 0.1 -0.7 -1.1 Jun-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7

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1997 90.7 91.9 92.5 83.1 Q2-07 116.0 115.8 117.9 111.4 Jan-08 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.7 1998 98.0 98.6 99.4 95.1 Q3-07 118.4 118.0 120.2 113.2 Feb-08 -0.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 120.7 120.1 122.8 115.9 Mar-08 -0.1 0.2 0.8 1.1 2000 101.6 99.1 97.6 96.0 Q1-08 123.8 123.2 126.2 118.8 Apr-08 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.8 2001 104.6 103.5 101.9 98.7 Q2-08 124.9 123.9 127.6 120.2 May-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 2002 106.0 105.1 103.9 100.8 Q3-08 126.5 125.5 128.5 120.5 Jun-08 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 2003 105.7 106.4 106.7 104.2 Q4-08 127.9 128.9 130.5 121.3 Jul-08 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 2004 107.2 107.9 109.0 105.8 Q1-09 126.6 129.8 131.1 124.1 Aug-08 0.3 0.2 -0.4 -0.7 2005 109.6 110.3 111.1 106.7 Q2-09 124.3 126.8 128.7 121.5 Sep-08 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.3 2006 112.4 112.7 113.7 107.8 Q3-09 125.4 126.8 129.1 122.2 Oct-08 0.5 0.9 0.4 -0.2 2007 117.5 116.9 119.4 112.7 Q4-09 124.6 126.4 128.7 121.5 Nov-08 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.2 2008 125.8 125.0 127.9 120.0 Q1-10 125.4 126.1 127.0 118.7 Dec-08 -0.1 1.5 2.2 2.5 2009 125.3 127.1 129.1 122.1 Q2-10 126.3 126.3 125.9 116.5 Jan-09 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 0.9

Feb-09 -1.1 -0.7 -1.1 -0.4 Mar-09 -0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 Apr-09 -0.8 -1.5 -1.4 -1.7 May-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4 Jun-09 -0.4 -0.2 0.1 0.1 Jul-09 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.2

Aug-09 -0.5 -1.1 -1.0 -0.7 Sep-09 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Oct-09 -0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.1 Nov-09 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 Dec-09 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 Jan-10 0.8 0.1 -0.5 -1.1 Feb-10 -0.2 -0.6 -1.1 -1.5 Mar-10 0.5 0.4 0.2 -0.1 Apr-10 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6 May-10 0.2 0.3 -0.5 -0.9 Jun-10 0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.3

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1997 90.9 91.9 92.4 Q2-07 132.4 128.7 130.5 1998 94.4 95.2 95.8 Q3-07 134.9 130.5 132.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 137.1 132.4 134.6 2000 102.9 100.0 98.2 Q1-08 138.8 134.1 136.4 2001 105.6 104.1 102.4 Q2-08 139.9 134.7 137.7 2002 106.9 105.4 104.2 Q3-08 140.2 134.8 137.1 2003 109.9 109.9 110.2 Q4-08 139.9 137.0 137.8 2004 112.4 112.0 113.0 Q1-09 139.0 139.2 139.6 2005 116.9 116.0 116.4 Q2-09 137.9 137.6 138.9 2006 124.1 121.9 122.3 Q3-09 136.9 135.7 137.6 2007 133.5 129.2 131.2 Q4-09 136.1 135.3 137.2 2008 139.6 134.5 136.6 Q1-10 135.5 133.7 134.3 2009 137.4 136.3 137.7 Q2-10 135.1 132.5 131.5

EE vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 94.1 94.8 95.1 Q2-07 130.4 126.5 126.5 1998 98.1 99.0 99.7 Q3-07 133.3 128.8 128.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 136.6 131.7 131.7 2000 104.4 101.8 99.9 Q1-08 139.7 134.5 134.4 2001 110.7 109.1 107.0 Q2-08 141.2 135.4 135.8 2002 112.0 110.3 109.0 Q3-08 140.5 134.3 134.0 2003 115.4 114.6 114.5 Q4-08 137.7 133.7 132.2 2004 117.5 116.0 116.1 Q1-09 134.0 132.6 131.2 2005 119.5 117.4 116.6 Q2-09 130.6 128.5 128.2 2006 125.0 122.0 120.8 Q3-09 128.5 125.5 126.0 2007 132.1 127.7 127.8 Q4-09 128.1 125.5 126.2 2008 139.7 134.1 133.6 Q1-10 128.9 125.5 125.0 2009 130.2 127.6 127.5 Q2-10 130.5 126.4 124.4

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1997 93.0 94.4 95.3 Q2-07 139.8 133.9 136.8 1998 97.0 97.4 98.4 Q3-07 145.1 138.2 141.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 150.1 142.5 146.1 2000 101.4 98.5 97.2 Q1-08 154.2 146.4 150.3 2001 101.6 99.7 98.5 Q2-08 156.9 148.7 153.5 2002 102.1 100.6 99.9 Q3-08 157.9 149.8 154.1 2003 105.7 105.7 106.6 Q4-08 157.3 152.5 155.1 2004 110.2 109.9 111.7 Q1-09 155.4 154.5 157.0 2005 112.6 111.4 112.9 Q2-09 152.8 151.9 155.4 2006 122.7 119.8 121.4 Q3-09 150.0 148.6 152.7 2007 142.1 135.5 138.7 Q4-09 147.4 146.8 151.0 2008 156.4 148.5 152.4 Q1-10 145.0 143.6 146.3 2009 151.2 149.5 153.1 Q2-10 142.9 140.9 141.9

EE vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.2 98.4 99.4 Q2-07 135.0 131.6 134.1 1998 101.6 101.3 102.3 Q3-07 138.9 134.4 136.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 142.2 137.1 140.2 2000 104.0 101.0 99.5 Q1-08 145.0 139.8 143.1 2001 101.9 100.2 98.6 Q2-08 147.1 141.8 146.0 2002 106.3 105.7 104.4 Q3-08 148.6 143.8 147.8 2003 107.9 109.0 109.5 Q4-08 149.4 148.5 151.3 2004 110.4 112.0 113.6 Q1-09 149.5 153.1 156.2 2005 112.3 112.7 114.0 Q2-09 148.7 152.9 157.5 2006 121.2 120.6 121.7 Q3-09 147.1 151.1 156.6 2007 136.4 132.1 135.0 Q4-09 144.8 149.7 155.3 2008 147.2 142.4 146.1 Q1-10 142.2 146.2 150.1 2009 147.2 150.6 155.4 Q2-10 139.6 142.6 144.7

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1997 105.3 104.2 101.0 92.9 Q2-07 95.5 97.4 107.8 109.9 Jan-08 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.5 1998 99.0 98.2 97.7 93.3 Q3-07 95.5 97.4 107.7 109.9 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 95.5 98.0 108.6 111.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.5 2000 96.7 96.0 94.9 94.6 Q1-08 95.5 98.8 109.8 112.4 Apr-08 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 2001 95.6 96.0 97.9 97.6 Q2-08 95.5 98.9 110.8 113.8 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 2002 95.6 96.6 100.4 101.0 Q3-08 95.5 98.7 109.9 112.5 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 95.7 98.5 105.4 107.6 Q4-08 95.5 100.1 109.9 112.3 Jul-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 2004 95.7 98.5 106.8 109.6 Q1-09 95.4 102.1 111.9 115.7 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.1 2005 95.6 98.1 106.0 108.3 Q2-09 95.4 101.6 112.0 115.6 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 2006 95.6 97.9 106.6 108.3 Q3-09 95.4 101.2 112.0 116.1 Oct-08 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 2007 95.5 97.6 107.5 109.5 Q4-09 95.4 101.6 112.6 116.5 Nov-08 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 2008 95.5 99.1 109.6 112.1 Q1-10 95.4 101.0 110.9 114.1 Dec-08 0.0 1.2 1.6 1.8 2009 95.4 101.6 111.6 115.3 Q2-10 95.4 100.7 109.1 111.4 Jan-09 0.0 0.7 0.4 1.5

Feb-09 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.2 Mar-09 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.8 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.8 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 0.0 -0.2 0.3 0.4 Jul-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 -1.1 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 Apr-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 -0.7 May-10 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.2 Jun-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.7

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1997 101.1 102.3 103.6 99.4 Q2-07 104.8 103.2 105.9 102.6 Jan-08 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 1998 98.1 98.1 99.4 97.7 Q3-07 104.0 102.2 104.9 101.5 Feb-08 -1.5 -1.6 -1.5 -1.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 105.4 103.9 106.9 103.5 Mar-08 1.4 1.8 2.6 3.0 2000 97.3 95.8 93.1 92.2 Q1-08 105.1 104.3 107.4 103.9 Apr-08 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 2001 97.2 96.0 94.2 92.3 Q2-08 106.0 105.3 109.2 105.8 May-08 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 2002 98.8 97.6 96.4 94.7 Q3-08 104.9 103.8 106.8 103.2 Jun-08 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7 2003 100.2 100.7 101.5 100.4 Q4-08 106.1 106.3 108.0 103.8 Jul-08 -0.7 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 2004 101.1 101.4 103.2 101.9 Q1-09 105.8 107.8 109.4 106.2 Aug-08 -1.1 -1.1 -1.9 -2.2 2005 102.5 102.0 103.1 100.8 Q2-09 106.5 107.9 110.1 106.7 Sep-08 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.7 2006 103.7 102.7 104.1 100.9 Q3-09 106.2 107.0 109.5 106.3 Oct-08 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.5 2007 104.5 102.9 105.2 101.6 Q4-09 107.7 108.9 111.5 108.1 Nov-08 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.2 2008 105.5 104.7 107.3 103.4 Q1-10 107.9 108.2 109.5 105.4 Dec-08 -0.2 1.1 1.6 1.7 2009 106.5 107.8 109.5 106.1 Q2-10 110.4 110.4 110.3 105.5 Jan-09 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.3

Feb-09 -1.7 -1.6 -1.8 -1.5 Mar-09 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.4 Apr-09 0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 May-09 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.0 Jun-09 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.1 Jul-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4

Aug-09 -1.3 -1.4 -1.2 -1.1 Sep-09 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.3 Oct-09 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.5 Nov-09 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 Dec-09 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 Jan-10 0.0 -0.6 -1.3 -1.7 Feb-10 -1.1 -1.2 -1.7 -2.1 Mar-10 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.0 Apr-10 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 May-10 0.7 0.7 -0.2 -0.5 Jun-10 -0.2 -0.4 -0.8 -0.9

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1997 99.8 101.2 101.9 Q2-07 104.6 101.2 105.0 1998 97.1 97.3 98.4 Q3-07 104.9 101.3 104.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 105.4 102.0 105.8 2000 98.6 97.0 94.4 Q1-08 105.9 103.0 106.9 2001 98.0 96.6 95.1 Q2-08 106.2 103.2 108.0 2002 98.9 97.4 96.9 Q3-08 106.3 103.0 106.9 2003 100.7 100.5 102.2 Q4-08 106.3 104.3 106.8 2004 101.8 101.1 103.6 Q1-09 106.1 106.2 108.6 2005 102.9 101.3 103.1 Q2-09 106.1 105.6 108.5 2006 104.2 101.8 103.8 Q3-09 106.4 105.4 108.8 2007 104.8 101.3 104.4 Q4-09 106.9 106.2 109.8 2008 106.1 103.1 106.3 Q1-10 107.6 106.2 108.6 2009 106.3 105.6 108.1 Q2-10 108.4 106.4 107.4

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1997 98.5 99.0 99.3 Q2-07 111.1 109.0 111.7 1998 96.7 97.2 98.1 Q3-07 111.3 109.0 111.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 111.6 109.4 111.8 2000 100.6 99.0 96.9 Q1-08 111.9 110.1 112.4 2001 102.2 101.1 98.8 Q2-08 112.3 110.0 113.1 2002 105.0 104.0 102.9 Q3-08 112.6 109.7 111.9 2003 108.0 108.0 109.1 Q4-08 113.1 111.3 112.2 2004 109.3 108.8 110.4 Q1-09 113.4 113.6 114.5 2005 110.0 109.0 110.0 Q2-09 113.8 113.2 115.0 2006 110.7 109.0 109.9 Q3-09 114.0 112.9 115.4 2007 111.2 109.1 110.9 Q4-09 114.2 113.4 116.3 2008 112.4 110.2 111.8 Q1-10 114.2 112.9 114.5 2009 113.8 113.2 114.7 Q2-10 114.3 112.6 112.7

GR vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.4 100.5 102.3 Q2-07 104.4 100.9 105.9 1998 96.8 96.7 98.5 Q3-07 104.8 100.9 105.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 104.9 101.3 106.4 2000 97.3 95.4 93.3 Q1-08 104.8 101.8 107.1 2001 93.5 91.3 90.4 Q2-08 104.8 101.7 107.9 2002 100.7 99.0 99.4 Q3-08 105.0 101.6 107.1 2003 99.8 99.6 102.5 Q4-08 105.4 103.4 107.8 2004 100.6 100.2 104.2 Q1-09 106.1 106.0 110.5 2005 102.5 100.9 104.3 Q2-09 106.7 106.0 111.3 2006 102.3 100.2 103.7 Q3-09 107.2 106.0 111.9 2007 104.4 100.7 105.0 Q4-09 107.5 106.7 112.9 2008 105.0 101.8 106.6 Q1-10 107.6 106.2 111.1 2009 106.8 105.8 110.7 Q2-10 107.6 105.8 109.2

GR vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 101.9 103.7 105.4 Q2-07 108.8 106.1 111.3 1998 95.9 95.1 96.8 Q3-07 106.2 103.1 108.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.4 99.6 104.4 2000 97.8 96.2 93.6 Q1-08 98.4 96.3 101.1 2001 94.3 92.6 91.1 Q2-08 95.2 93.2 98.7 2002 112.7 111.3 110.9 Q3-08 93.6 91.5 96.5 2003 110.2 111.0 113.4 Q4-08 93.8 93.1 97.2 2004 107.3 108.1 112.0 Q1-09 95.0 96.3 100.9 2005 101.1 100.3 103.3 Q2-09 96.6 97.4 103.1 2006 106.3 105.1 108.5 Q3-09 97.7 98.2 104.7 2007 106.7 103.8 108.2 Q4-09 98.1 99.0 105.8 2008 95.2 93.2 97.6 Q1-10 98.0 98.3 103.8 2009 96.8 97.4 102.7 Q2-10 97.5 97.4 101.4

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1997 100.3 100.6 100.0 97.2 Q2-07 100.0 100.4 107.0 108.0 Jan-08 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 1998 100.1 100.1 100.7 99.0 Q3-07 100.0 100.5 107.1 108.2 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.0 100.9 108.1 109.3 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 2000 100.0 98.9 97.0 96.7 Q1-08 100.0 101.7 109.1 110.4 Apr-08 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.5 2001 100.1 99.3 98.6 98.5 Q2-08 99.9 102.0 110.2 111.6 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 2002 100.1 99.5 100.0 100.6 Q3-08 99.9 101.9 109.4 110.6 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 100.1 101.1 104.3 105.8 Q4-08 99.9 103.2 108.9 110.0 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 100.1 100.9 105.5 107.3 Q1-09 99.9 104.9 110.4 112.2 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -1.1 2005 100.1 100.8 105.1 106.4 Q2-09 99.9 104.4 110.5 112.2 Sep-08 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.3 2006 100.0 100.7 105.5 106.4 Q3-09 99.9 104.0 110.8 112.7 Oct-08 0.0 0.1 -0.6 -0.5 2007 100.0 100.5 106.9 107.8 Q4-09 99.9 104.4 111.4 113.2 Nov-08 0.0 0.8 0.0 -0.1 2008 99.9 102.1 109.0 110.1 Q1-10 99.9 104.0 109.6 111.0 Dec-08 0.0 1.3 1.8 1.8 2009 99.9 104.3 110.3 112.0 Q2-10 99.9 103.5 107.4 108.3 Jan-09 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.8

Feb-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 Mar-09 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.9 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.1 0.1 Jun-09 0.0 -0.3 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 Jan-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.8 -0.9 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.7 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 -1.3 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 -0.9

ESEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 98.7 99.6 100.7 98.8 Q2-07 108.9 109.3 113.1 112.3 Jan-08 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 1998 99.0 99.3 100.7 99.7 Q3-07 108.5 109.0 112.8 111.9 Feb-08 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 109.7 110.6 115.0 114.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.5 2000 101.3 100.2 97.6 97.1 Q1-08 109.2 110.9 115.5 114.5 Apr-08 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2 2001 101.6 100.9 98.6 98.2 Q2-08 110.1 112.2 117.5 116.5 May-08 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 2002 103.0 102.5 101.0 101.0 Q3-08 109.7 111.6 116.0 114.8 Jun-08 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 2003 104.0 105.2 106.2 106.7 Q4-08 109.9 113.0 115.7 114.2 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4 2004 105.0 106.0 108.2 108.8 Q1-09 108.6 113.4 115.8 114.9 Aug-08 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -1.2 2005 106.4 107.3 109.0 108.9 Q2-09 109.1 113.3 116.4 115.3 Sep-08 -0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.5 2006 107.9 108.6 110.7 110.0 Q3-09 109.1 112.7 116.3 115.4 Oct-08 0.4 0.5 -0.2 -0.2 2007 108.7 109.2 112.8 111.7 Q4-09 109.8 113.9 117.6 116.5 Nov-08 0.1 0.8 0.1 -0.1 2008 109.7 111.8 115.7 114.4 Q1-10 108.8 112.2 114.3 112.8 Dec-08 -0.4 0.9 1.6 1.6 2009 109.1 113.2 116.0 114.9 Q2-10 109.4 112.2 112.9 110.8 Jan-09 -0.5 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2

Feb-09 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 -0.8 Mar-09 -0.2 0.2 0.8 0.7 Apr-09 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 May-09 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 Jun-09 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.6 Jul-09 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5

Aug-09 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.1 Sep-09 -0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 Oct-09 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 Nov-09 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 Dec-09 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 Jan-10 -0.4 -0.9 -1.5 -1.8 Feb-10 -0.7 -0.8 -1.5 -1.7 Mar-10 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 Apr-10 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 May-10 0.1 0.0 -1.0 -1.2 Jun-10 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.7

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1997 97.9 98.9 99.6 Q2-07 116.6 115.4 119.6 1998 98.5 98.9 100.2 Q3-07 116.8 115.5 119.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 117.0 116.2 120.9 2000 102.0 100.7 98.0 Q1-08 117.2 117.1 122.0 2001 103.8 102.8 100.5 Q2-08 117.2 117.5 123.1 2002 105.6 104.5 103.4 Q3-08 117.1 117.2 122.0 2003 107.8 108.2 109.6 Q4-08 116.9 118.4 121.1 2004 110.3 110.2 112.7 Q1-09 116.5 120.0 122.4 2005 113.0 112.7 114.7 Q2-09 116.2 119.0 122.2 2006 115.6 114.9 117.1 Q3-09 115.9 118.2 122.1 2007 116.7 115.5 119.3 Q4-09 115.6 118.4 122.4 2008 117.1 117.4 121.4 Q1-10 115.5 117.6 120.2 2009 116.0 118.7 121.7 Q2-10 115.3 116.8 117.6

ES vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.8 99.0 99.5 Q2-07 112.3 112.4 115.2 1998 99.4 99.8 100.8 Q3-07 112.4 112.4 115.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 112.5 112.7 115.7 2000 103.6 102.5 100.2 Q1-08 112.5 113.2 116.2 2001 104.7 104.1 101.7 Q2-08 112.5 113.2 116.8 2002 105.9 105.3 104.1 Q3-08 112.7 112.8 115.7 2003 107.0 107.4 108.4 Q4-08 112.9 114.0 115.1 2004 107.7 108.0 109.7 Q1-09 113.1 115.8 116.8 2005 109.9 110.3 111.4 Q2-09 113.2 115.1 117.1 2006 111.5 111.6 112.7 Q3-09 113.2 114.5 117.4 2007 112.3 112.3 114.7 Q4-09 113.0 114.8 118.0 2008 112.6 113.2 115.4 Q1-10 112.8 114.2 116.0 2009 113.1 115.0 116.8 Q2-10 112.5 113.4 113.6

ES vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.2 99.6 100.9 Q2-07 111.8 110.0 114.8 1998 99.3 99.7 101.2 Q3-07 112.7 110.7 115.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 113.5 112.0 117.4 2000 101.5 99.8 97.4 Q1-08 114.2 113.5 119.1 2001 102.2 100.5 98.6 Q2-08 114.4 114.0 120.5 2002 102.6 101.1 100.5 Q3-08 113.8 113.4 119.1 2003 103.3 103.4 105.3 Q4-08 112.5 113.5 117.5 2004 105.0 104.8 108.0 Q1-09 111.0 113.8 117.7 2005 107.2 106.5 109.4 Q2-09 109.6 111.8 116.6 2006 109.7 108.7 111.6 Q3-09 108.6 110.4 116.0 2007 112.3 110.5 114.9 Q4-09 108.3 110.5 116.3 2008 113.7 113.5 118.4 Q1-10 108.3 110.1 114.4 2009 109.4 111.5 116.1 Q2-10 108.7 109.9 112.5

ES vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 100.9 102.4 103.6 Q2-07 121.7 120.7 126.2 1998 100.5 100.6 102.2 Q3-07 123.0 121.9 127.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 124.7 124.0 130.1 2000 103.5 101.9 99.2 Q1-08 126.1 126.4 132.7 2001 104.5 103.1 100.5 Q2-08 126.5 127.2 134.5 2002 105.5 104.4 103.3 Q3-08 125.2 125.8 132.6 2003 108.9 109.5 111.2 Q4-08 122.4 124.7 129.7 2004 111.8 112.6 115.9 Q1-09 119.0 123.3 128.7 2005 116.5 116.5 119.4 Q2-09 115.9 119.6 126.3 2006 119.9 119.7 123.0 Q3-09 113.9 117.2 124.8 2007 122.6 121.6 126.7 Q4-09 113.3 117.0 124.9 2008 125.0 125.9 131.7 Q1-10 113.6 116.8 123.1 2009 115.5 119.2 125.6 Q2-10 114.5 117.1 121.4

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FREA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 99.0 99.4 99.3 96.8 Q2-07 100.0 100.5 107.8 108.6 Jan-08 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.4 1998 99.9 99.9 101.1 99.8 Q3-07 100.0 100.5 107.9 108.8 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.0 101.1 109.1 110.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.5 2000 100.0 98.6 96.0 95.6 Q1-08 100.0 102.0 110.1 111.3 Apr-08 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.7 2001 100.1 99.2 97.3 97.2 Q2-08 99.9 102.3 111.4 112.8 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 2002 100.1 99.4 99.0 99.4 Q3-08 99.9 102.2 110.6 111.6 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 2003 100.1 101.3 104.2 105.6 Q4-08 99.9 103.7 109.0 110.0 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 2004 100.1 101.1 105.6 107.5 Q1-09 99.9 105.8 110.5 112.3 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.2 2005 100.1 100.9 105.3 106.6 Q2-09 99.9 105.2 110.9 112.6 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.6 -0.6 2006 100.1 100.8 105.9 106.6 Q3-09 99.9 104.7 111.2 113.2 Oct-08 0.0 0.1 -1.2 -1.1 2007 100.0 100.6 107.6 108.4 Q4-09 99.9 105.2 111.9 113.8 Nov-08 0.0 1.0 -0.2 -0.3 2008 99.9 102.5 109.8 111.0 Q1-10 99.9 104.7 109.7 111.1 Dec-08 0.0 1.5 2.0 2.1 2009 99.9 105.2 110.7 112.5 Q2-10 99.9 104.1 107.2 107.9 Jan-09 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.7

Feb-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 Mar-09 0.0 0.5 1.2 1.1 Apr-09 0.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.6 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.1 0.2 Jun-09 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0.4 Jul-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 -1.1 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -1.1 -1.3 Mar-10 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -1.7 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -1.1

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1997 100.5 101.6 103.0 101.3 Q2-07 97.3 97.9 103.0 102.1 Jan-08 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 1998 100.7 101.0 102.9 102.1 Q3-07 97.4 98.0 103.2 102.1 Feb-08 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 97.3 98.3 104.2 103.2 Mar-08 -0.1 0.4 1.1 1.6 2000 99.5 98.0 94.8 94.3 Q1-08 97.5 99.4 105.3 104.2 Apr-08 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.6 2001 98.6 97.9 94.9 94.4 Q2-08 97.4 99.6 106.3 105.4 May-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 2002 98.2 97.7 96.1 96.0 Q3-08 97.1 99.1 105.0 103.7 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 2003 98.3 99.8 101.1 101.6 Q4-08 96.9 100.3 103.5 102.0 Jul-08 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 2004 98.6 99.9 102.7 103.3 Q1-09 97.0 102.3 104.9 104.0 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.2 2005 98.3 99.4 101.9 101.8 Q2-09 96.8 101.3 105.0 104.0 Sep-08 -0.2 0.0 -0.9 -0.7 2006 98.0 98.9 101.9 101.2 Q3-09 97.1 101.0 105.2 104.4 Oct-08 0.0 0.1 -1.2 -1.2 2007 97.4 98.0 102.8 101.8 Q4-09 97.0 101.3 105.8 104.8 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 -0.1 -0.3 2008 97.2 99.6 104.6 103.3 Q1-10 97.6 101.2 104.1 102.5 Dec-08 -0.2 1.4 2.1 2.1 2009 97.0 101.4 104.8 103.7 Q2-10 97.4 100.4 101.6 99.5 Jan-09 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.7

Feb-09 -0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -0.5 Mar-09 -0.1 0.4 1.1 1.0 Apr-09 -0.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.8 May-09 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.2 Jun-09 0.0 -0.4 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.2

Aug-09 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.3 Sep-09 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 Oct-09 -0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 Jan-10 0.6 0.0 -0.7 -1.0 Feb-10 0.2 0.0 -0.8 -1.1 Mar-10 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 Apr-10 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -0.9 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -1.7 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -1.1

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1997 101.2 102.4 103.2 Q2-07 99.2 98.1 103.7 1998 101.1 101.6 103.3 Q3-07 99.3 98.1 103.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.5 98.7 104.9 2000 99.9 98.2 95.0 Q1-08 99.7 99.6 105.9 2001 99.2 98.0 95.3 Q2-08 99.7 100.0 107.1 2002 99.0 97.8 96.7 Q3-08 99.8 99.9 106.3 2003 98.7 99.2 101.1 Q4-08 99.7 101.2 104.7 2004 98.4 98.4 101.7 Q1-09 99.6 103.1 106.0 2005 98.5 98.3 101.2 Q2-09 99.5 102.4 106.3 2006 99.1 98.5 101.9 Q3-09 99.4 101.8 106.5 2007 99.3 98.2 103.4 Q4-09 99.4 102.2 107.1 2008 99.7 100.1 105.5 Q1-10 99.5 101.6 105.0 2009 99.4 102.3 106.0 Q2-10 99.5 100.9 102.5

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1997 101.6 101.8 102.4 Q2-07 93.3 93.7 97.5 1998 101.2 101.6 102.9 Q3-07 93.3 93.6 97.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 93.4 93.9 98.0 2000 98.1 96.9 94.3 Q1-08 93.5 94.5 98.5 2001 96.7 96.2 93.7 Q2-08 93.6 94.5 99.3 2002 95.1 94.7 93.6 Q3-08 93.6 94.0 98.2 2003 94.4 95.2 96.7 Q4-08 93.5 95.0 96.7 2004 94.1 94.7 97.1 Q1-09 93.4 96.4 97.9 2005 93.9 94.5 96.5 Q2-09 93.2 95.4 98.2 2006 93.7 94.1 96.2 Q3-09 93.1 94.7 98.4 2007 93.3 93.7 97.1 Q4-09 92.9 95.0 99.0 2008 93.5 94.5 97.8 Q1-10 92.8 94.4 97.1 2009 93.1 95.3 98.0 Q2-10 92.7 93.9 94.8

FR vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 100.0 101.9 103.3 Q2-07 102.2 100.1 106.5 1998 100.1 100.5 102.4 Q3-07 102.2 99.9 106.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.1 100.3 107.4 2000 99.9 97.7 94.8 Q1-08 102.0 101.1 108.2 2001 99.5 97.5 95.1 Q2-08 101.8 101.2 109.4 2002 100.2 98.4 97.7 Q3-08 101.4 100.7 108.3 2003 99.7 99.7 102.3 Q4-08 100.9 101.8 106.6 2004 100.0 99.6 103.8 Q1-09 100.4 103.3 107.8 2005 100.7 99.8 103.7 Q2-09 100.0 102.3 108.1 2006 102.0 100.7 104.9 Q3-09 99.7 101.6 108.3 2007 102.2 100.1 106.2 Q4-09 99.7 102.0 109.0 2008 101.5 101.2 107.7 Q1-10 99.8 101.6 107.0 2009 100.0 102.2 107.8 Q2-10 100.1 101.2 104.7

FR vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 104.9 106.9 108.1 Q2-07 98.8 98.0 104.5 1998 101.3 101.4 103.3 Q3-07 99.0 98.0 104.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.2 98.6 105.7 2000 99.3 97.4 94.3 Q1-08 99.1 99.5 106.6 2001 98.3 96.7 93.5 Q2-08 98.6 99.4 107.5 2002 98.0 96.7 95.5 Q3-08 97.3 98.1 105.8 2003 94.8 95.6 97.7 Q4-08 95.4 97.7 103.1 2004 96.1 97.0 101.0 Q1-09 93.3 97.6 103.1 2005 95.6 95.8 99.4 Q2-09 91.5 95.3 102.4 2006 98.1 98.1 102.3 Q3-09 90.4 93.8 101.9 2007 99.0 98.2 104.3 Q4-09 90.2 94.0 102.4 2008 97.6 98.6 105.3 Q1-10 90.5 93.8 100.7 2009 91.4 95.2 102.0 Q2-10 91.2 93.9 98.8

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1997 105.6 106.6 107.2 104.8 Q2-07 99.9 101.0 110.2 110.6 Jan-08 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 1998 100.8 101.2 102.7 101.8 Q3-07 99.9 101.1 110.6 111.1 Feb-08 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.9 102.0 112.7 113.3 Mar-08 0.0 0.7 1.8 2.0 2000 100.0 97.9 94.5 94.3 Q1-08 99.9 103.5 114.7 115.4 Apr-08 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 2001 100.1 98.6 95.7 95.6 Q2-08 99.9 104.4 116.9 117.7 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 2002 100.1 98.9 97.6 97.8 Q3-08 99.8 104.4 115.8 116.4 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 2003 100.1 101.7 104.6 105.4 Q4-08 99.8 106.3 113.1 113.3 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.4 2004 100.1 101.3 107.0 108.1 Q1-09 99.8 108.9 114.8 115.7 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -1.3 -1.5 2005 100.0 101.3 106.9 107.7 Q2-09 99.8 108.0 115.4 116.3 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -1.0 -1.0 2006 100.0 101.2 107.5 107.9 Q3-09 99.8 107.5 116.3 117.4 Oct-08 0.0 -0.1 -2.1 -2.1 2007 99.9 101.1 110.3 110.8 Q4-09 99.8 108.4 117.6 118.8 Nov-08 0.0 1.4 -0.2 -0.3 2008 99.9 104.6 114.7 115.4 Q1-10 99.8 107.7 114.6 115.4 Dec-08 0.0 2.2 3.1 2.7 2009 99.8 108.1 115.6 116.6 Q2-10 99.8 106.7 110.9 111.2 Jan-09 0.0 0.6 -0.1 0.7

Feb-09 0.0 -0.5 -1.3 -1.2 Mar-09 0.0 0.9 1.6 1.5 Apr-09 0.0 -0.7 -0.4 -0.5 May-09 0.0 -0.5 0.4 0.4 Jun-09 0.0 -0.6 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.2 Sep-09 0.0 0.7 1.0 1.0 Oct-09 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 Nov-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.6 Jan-10 0.0 -0.5 -1.1 -1.3 Feb-10 0.0 -0.3 -1.5 -1.6 Mar-10 0.0 0.5 0.0 -0.1 Apr-10 0.0 -0.7 -0.9 -1.0 May-10 0.0 -0.3 -2.1 -2.3 Jun-10 0.0 -0.8 -1.6 -1.6

IEEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 103.1 104.8 106.2 104.8 Q2-07 111.5 113.4 121.8 121.2 Jan-08 -0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 1998 99.4 100.0 101.9 101.5 Q3-07 111.9 113.9 122.6 121.9 Feb-08 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 111.4 114.4 124.7 124.0 Mar-08 0.0 0.9 2.0 2.3 2000 103.1 101.1 97.2 96.8 Q1-08 111.4 116.1 126.7 126.0 Apr-08 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 2001 104.6 103.6 99.7 99.3 Q2-08 111.5 117.2 129.1 128.5 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 2002 107.3 106.7 104.5 104.3 Q3-08 111.2 116.7 127.1 126.2 Jun-08 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 2003 109.5 112.1 114.2 114.6 Q4-08 111.1 118.4 124.5 123.2 Jul-08 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 2004 109.9 112.1 117.2 117.7 Q1-09 110.3 120.3 125.4 124.6 Aug-08 0.0 -0.1 -1.3 -1.5 2005 110.0 112.3 117.0 117.0 Q2-09 109.4 118.2 125.0 124.1 Sep-08 0.2 0.3 -0.9 -0.8 2006 110.6 112.8 118.1 117.6 Q3-09 108.7 116.7 124.5 123.9 Oct-08 -0.3 -0.4 -2.2 -2.3 2007 111.5 113.5 122.0 121.3 Q4-09 107.6 116.4 124.7 124.0 Nov-08 0.4 1.7 0.4 0.2 2008 111.3 117.0 126.4 125.5 Q1-10 106.5 114.2 120.0 119.0 Dec-08 -0.6 1.7 2.8 2.3 2009 109.0 117.8 124.5 123.7 Q2-10 105.6 112.2 115.3 113.9 Jan-09 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.2

Feb-09 -0.5 -1.0 -1.6 -1.6 Mar-09 -0.2 0.7 1.4 1.3 Apr-09 -0.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.7 May-09 -0.4 -1.0 -0.2 -0.1 Jun-09 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.1 Jul-09 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4

Aug-09 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 0.0 Sep-09 -0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 Oct-09 -0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 Nov-09 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.4 Dec-09 -0.8 -0.8 -1.2 -1.3 Jan-10 0.1 -0.7 -1.6 -1.8 Feb-10 -0.4 -0.6 -1.7 -1.8 Mar-10 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 Apr-10 -0.3 -1.1 -1.2 -1.4 May-10 0.2 -0.2 -2.0 -2.1 Jun-10 0.0 -0.9 -1.6 -1.7

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1997 97.4 99.2 100.2 Q2-07 113.4 112.6 121.5 1998 97.7 98.5 100.3 Q3-07 112.7 111.9 121.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 111.9 111.9 122.5 2000 104.6 102.2 98.3 Q1-08 111.0 112.6 123.4 2001 107.8 106.1 102.3 Q2-08 109.9 112.4 124.5 2002 110.2 108.4 106.7 Q3-08 108.7 111.1 121.9 2003 111.1 112.0 114.9 Q4-08 107.4 111.8 117.7 2004 111.5 111.6 117.3 Q1-09 106.2 113.2 118.2 2005 112.1 112.2 117.5 Q2-09 105.0 111.0 117.6 2006 114.1 113.7 119.5 Q3-09 104.0 109.4 117.3 2007 112.9 112.2 121.1 Q4-09 103.2 109.4 117.7 2008 109.2 111.8 121.3 Q1-10 102.6 107.9 114.0 2009 104.6 110.6 117.2 Q2-10 102.2 106.2 109.6

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1997 99.0 99.4 100.2 Q2-07 96.8 98.0 103.6 1998 97.7 98.5 100.0 Q3-07 96.0 97.0 102.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.9 96.3 102.7 2000 102.3 100.4 97.1 Q1-08 93.9 96.1 102.6 2001 106.3 105.3 101.8 Q2-08 93.3 95.6 103.1 2002 106.3 105.4 103.7 Q3-08 93.4 95.1 101.8 2003 102.1 103.2 105.3 Q4-08 94.3 97.2 100.2 2004 100.5 101.5 105.3 Q1-09 95.6 100.5 103.2 2005 98.9 100.2 103.3 Q2-09 96.8 100.6 105.2 2006 97.6 98.6 102.0 Q3-09 97.6 100.8 107.0 2007 96.2 97.3 102.7 Q4-09 97.9 101.9 108.6 2008 93.7 95.9 101.5 Q1-10 97.7 101.1 105.8 2009 96.9 100.9 105.5 Q2-10 97.2 99.7 101.9

IE vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 101.7 104.4 105.9 Q2-07 114.4 112.1 122.0 1998 101.5 102.2 104.0 Q3-07 115.4 113.0 123.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 117.0 115.5 127.3 2000 101.9 99.0 95.3 Q1-08 118.6 118.8 131.3 2001 104.3 101.6 98.3 Q2-08 119.3 120.7 134.9 2002 102.3 100.0 99.0 Q3-08 118.7 120.1 133.3 2003 103.5 103.8 107.3 Q4-08 116.7 120.2 128.5 2004 107.2 106.8 113.3 Q1-09 113.8 120.2 127.9 2005 111.4 110.6 117.1 Q2-09 111.0 116.1 125.8 2006 114.5 113.0 119.7 Q3-09 108.6 113.1 124.4 2007 115.3 113.0 122.9 Q4-09 107.0 112.3 124.1 2008 118.3 119.9 131.4 Q1-10 105.9 110.5 119.7 2009 110.1 115.3 125.0 Q2-10 105.3 108.7 115.0

IE vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 113.9 117.4 118.6 Q2-07 93.1 92.6 102.2 1998 105.8 106.3 108.2 Q3-07 93.0 92.4 102.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.4 94.5 105.5 2000 104.2 101.3 97.5 Q1-08 96.2 97.8 109.4 2001 100.8 98.6 94.7 Q2-08 97.2 99.8 113.0 2002 89.4 87.9 87.0 Q3-08 96.3 99.0 111.6 2003 91.1 92.3 95.1 Q4-08 93.5 97.8 106.7 2004 94.5 95.6 102.0 Q1-09 89.7 96.3 105.1 2005 100.8 101.2 107.5 Q2-09 86.1 91.6 102.3 2006 101.0 101.2 108.2 Q3-09 83.4 88.3 100.4 2007 93.9 93.4 103.0 Q4-09 81.9 87.5 100.0 2008 95.8 98.5 109.7 Q1-10 81.2 86.2 96.6 2009 85.2 90.8 101.5 Q2-10 81.2 85.3 93.2

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1997 100.3 100.0 99.2 95.2 Q2-07 100.1 100.9 109.4 110.5 Jan-08 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 1998 100.2 99.9 100.8 98.4 Q3-07 100.1 100.8 109.5 110.7 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.1 101.3 110.7 112.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 1.2 1.6 2000 100.1 98.9 96.3 95.9 Q1-08 100.0 102.1 111.7 113.2 Apr-08 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.6 2001 100.2 99.7 98.0 97.8 Q2-08 100.0 102.3 112.9 114.7 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 2002 100.2 100.0 100.0 100.5 Q3-08 100.0 102.1 111.9 113.3 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 100.2 101.9 105.7 107.3 Q4-08 100.0 103.7 110.5 111.8 Jul-08 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.1 2004 100.2 101.8 107.5 109.6 Q1-09 99.9 105.9 112.2 114.6 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -1.0 -1.3 2005 100.2 101.4 106.9 108.4 Q2-09 99.9 105.3 112.6 114.8 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.6 -0.5 2006 100.2 101.2 107.5 108.4 Q3-09 99.9 104.8 112.9 115.5 Oct-08 0.0 0.3 -1.0 -1.0 2007 100.1 101.0 109.2 110.3 Q4-09 99.9 105.3 113.6 116.1 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 -0.2 -0.4 2008 100.0 102.6 111.3 112.7 Q1-10 99.9 104.7 111.2 113.2 Dec-08 0.0 1.4 2.0 2.1 2009 99.9 105.3 112.3 114.7 Q2-10 99.9 104.2 108.6 109.8 Jan-09 0.0 0.6 0.1 1.0

Feb-09 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.2 Mar-09 0.0 0.4 1.2 1.0 Apr-09 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.7 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.2 0.2 Jun-09 0.0 -0.2 0.4 0.5 Jul-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 -1.2 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -1.1 -1.3 Mar-10 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 May-10 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.6 Jun-10 0.0 -0.3 -1.0 -1.0

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1997 98.9 100.1 101.6 99.0 Q2-07 102.0 101.6 106.9 105.4 Jan-08 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 1998 99.7 99.9 101.9 100.5 Q3-07 101.6 101.2 106.6 105.0 Feb-08 -0.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.1 102.0 108.1 106.6 Mar-08 0.8 1.2 2.1 2.5 2000 100.4 99.0 95.6 95.0 Q1-08 101.4 102.1 108.3 106.6 Apr-08 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 2001 100.3 99.3 96.1 95.4 Q2-08 102.1 103.0 110.1 108.5 May-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -0.5 2002 100.7 99.9 98.0 97.7 Q3-08 101.8 102.4 108.5 106.6 Jun-08 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 2003 101.6 102.6 104.0 104.3 Q4-08 102.7 104.7 108.2 106.0 Jul-08 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 2004 101.8 102.6 105.6 106.1 Q1-09 101.7 105.8 108.7 107.3 Aug-08 0.1 0.1 -0.9 -1.2 2005 101.9 102.2 104.8 104.4 Q2-09 102.8 106.2 110.1 108.5 Sep-08 0.4 0.6 -0.3 -0.2 2006 101.9 102.0 105.2 103.9 Q3-09 102.4 105.0 109.7 108.2 Oct-08 0.6 0.8 -0.4 -0.5 2007 101.8 101.4 106.5 104.8 Q4-09 103.1 106.1 110.9 109.4 Nov-08 0.0 0.8 -0.1 -0.4 2008 102.0 102.9 108.3 106.3 Q1-10 102.0 104.3 107.3 105.1 Dec-08 0.0 1.5 2.2 2.3 2009 102.5 105.7 109.4 107.7 Q2-10 103.0 104.7 105.8 103.1 Jan-09 -1.0 -0.5 -1.2 -0.5

Feb-09 -0.4 -0.3 -0.7 -0.5 Mar-09 1.1 1.4 2.1 2.0 Apr-09 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 May-09 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.2 Jun-09 0.0 -0.2 0.4 0.5 Jul-09 -0.6 -0.9 -1.0 -1.0

Aug-09 -0.3 -0.5 -0.2 -0.1 Sep-09 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 Oct-09 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 -0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 Jan-10 -0.9 -1.4 -2.2 -2.5 Feb-10 -0.5 -0.7 -1.5 -1.7 Mar-10 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.5 Apr-10 0.6 0.2 0.0 -0.2 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -1.7 Jun-10 0.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.9

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1997 98.3 99.5 100.5 Q2-07 104.7 102.5 108.4 1998 99.3 99.7 101.5 Q3-07 104.8 102.4 108.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 105.0 102.9 109.5 2000 100.6 99.0 95.6 Q1-08 105.1 103.7 110.4 2001 101.2 99.9 96.9 Q2-08 105.3 104.0 111.7 2002 102.1 100.7 99.3 Q3-08 105.6 104.0 110.8 2003 103.3 103.4 105.5 Q4-08 105.9 105.9 109.7 2004 104.3 103.8 107.5 Q1-09 106.3 108.5 111.7 2005 104.5 103.4 106.7 Q2-09 106.7 108.2 112.5 2006 104.5 102.9 106.5 Q3-09 107.0 107.9 113.1 2007 104.7 102.5 108.1 Q4-09 107.2 108.5 113.9 2008 105.4 104.3 110.1 Q1-10 107.4 107.9 111.6 2009 106.7 108.1 112.2 Q2-10 107.5 107.4 109.0

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1997 96.8 97.1 97.9 Q2-07 115.6 114.5 118.7 1998 98.7 99.1 100.5 Q3-07 116.4 115.2 119.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 117.2 116.1 120.7 2000 100.6 99.4 96.5 Q1-08 117.9 117.4 121.8 2001 102.3 101.5 98.4 Q2-08 118.7 117.9 123.4 2002 104.3 103.5 101.9 Q3-08 119.6 118.1 122.7 2003 106.3 106.5 108.0 Q4-08 120.6 120.4 121.9 2004 108.4 108.2 110.8 Q1-09 121.5 123.4 124.6 2005 110.4 110.1 112.0 Q2-09 122.5 123.3 126.1 2006 112.8 112.1 114.1 Q3-09 123.3 123.3 127.4 2007 115.9 114.8 118.5 Q4-09 124.1 124.6 129.1 2008 119.1 118.3 121.9 Q1-10 124.7 124.6 127.2 2009 122.8 123.6 126.2 Q2-10 125.2 124.7 124.8

IT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 102.8 104.5 106.1 Q2-07 109.1 106.0 113.0 1998 99.5 99.7 101.8 Q3-07 109.3 106.1 113.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 109.8 106.8 114.6 2000 99.2 97.2 94.0 Q1-08 110.3 108.0 115.9 2001 100.0 97.9 95.3 Q2-08 110.7 108.6 117.7 2002 101.4 99.5 98.8 Q3-08 111.0 108.7 117.1 2003 104.0 103.7 106.6 Q4-08 111.1 110.5 116.1 2004 105.6 105.0 109.7 Q1-09 111.2 112.9 118.2 2005 107.4 105.9 110.3 Q2-09 111.2 112.4 119.0 2006 109.0 106.9 111.6 Q3-09 111.4 112.0 119.7 2007 109.3 106.2 112.8 Q4-09 111.7 112.7 120.8 2008 110.7 108.9 116.1 Q1-10 112.1 112.4 118.7 2009 111.4 112.4 118.8 Q2-10 112.5 112.3 116.2

IT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.0 99.7 101.2 Q2-07 123.2 120.6 128.2 1998 98.0 97.8 100.0 Q3-07 124.4 121.4 129.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 125.8 123.2 131.5 2000 99.7 97.9 94.5 Q1-08 127.4 125.6 134.1 2001 101.7 99.9 96.3 Q2-08 129.0 127.5 137.4 2002 104.2 102.6 101.1 Q3-08 130.4 128.7 138.2 2003 110.6 110.9 113.1 Q4-08 131.5 132.0 138.6 2004 115.1 115.4 120.0 Q1-09 132.4 135.8 142.8 2005 120.0 118.9 123.0 Q2-09 133.1 135.9 145.2 2006 121.8 120.4 125.1 Q3-09 133.7 135.9 146.9 2007 124.0 121.2 128.4 Q4-09 134.2 136.9 148.4 2008 129.6 128.3 136.3 Q1-10 134.5 136.5 145.6 2009 133.3 136.0 145.0 Q2-10 134.8 136.0 142.1

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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1997 99.0 98.7 97.5 80.6 Q2-07 99.7 102.0 108.4 110.9 Jan-08 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.6 1998 100.4 100.2 100.9 92.1 Q3-07 99.5 101.8 108.2 110.7 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.4 102.6 109.3 112.0 Mar-08 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.4 2000 101.2 99.5 97.6 97.1 Q1-08 99.3 103.8 110.5 113.4 Apr-08 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 2001 101.0 100.1 100.2 99.7 Q2-08 99.2 104.4 111.8 115.0 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 2002 101.1 100.6 102.2 103.0 Q3-08 99.2 104.3 111.2 114.1 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 99.6 102.7 106.4 108.4 Q4-08 99.2 105.9 111.1 113.6 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 2004 99.9 102.5 107.2 109.7 Q1-09 99.2 108.2 113.2 116.9 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.8 2005 100.8 103.4 108.0 110.1 Q2-09 99.2 107.4 113.0 116.6 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 2006 100.9 103.5 108.6 110.2 Q3-09 99.2 107.1 112.9 116.9 Oct-08 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.8 2007 99.7 102.1 108.3 110.1 Q4-09 99.2 107.8 113.7 117.6 Nov-08 0.0 1.1 0.4 0.2 2008 99.2 104.4 110.6 112.9 Q1-10 99.2 107.1 112.1 115.3 Dec-08 0.0 1.7 2.0 2.0 2009 99.1 107.4 112.7 115.8 Q2-10 99.2 106.4 110.2 112.7 Jan-09 0.0 0.7 0.4 1.3

Feb-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 Mar-09 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.1 Apr-09 0.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.7 May-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 Jun-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 Jul-09 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.1 Sep-09 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 Oct-09 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 -1.0 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 0.3 0.1 -0.1 Apr-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.8 May-10 0.0 -0.2 -1.0 -1.3 Jun-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.9 -0.9

CYEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 98.3 100.7 102.0 92.8 Q2-07 103.1 105.1 107.5 104.9 Jan-08 -1.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.7 1998 100.6 101.0 102.6 99.5 Q3-07 103.1 105.1 107.5 104.7 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 104.0 106.9 109.7 106.9 Mar-08 -0.1 0.6 1.0 1.4 2000 103.6 101.6 98.5 97.1 Q1-08 102.7 106.8 109.4 106.6 Apr-08 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.3 2001 102.7 101.5 99.1 96.5 Q2-08 103.6 108.3 111.6 108.9 May-08 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 2002 103.1 102.5 100.8 98.5 Q3-08 104.0 108.5 111.2 108.2 Jun-08 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 2003 103.4 106.7 106.7 105.0 Q4-08 104.6 110.6 111.7 108.2 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 2004 103.6 106.4 107.3 105.8 Q1-09 102.2 110.2 111.0 108.2 Aug-08 0.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 2005 104.3 107.0 107.8 105.4 Q2-09 103.6 110.9 112.3 109.4 Sep-08 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 2006 104.5 107.0 108.2 105.2 Q3-09 103.2 109.8 111.5 108.9 Oct-08 0.8 0.8 0.1 -0.1 2007 103.2 105.4 107.6 104.6 Q4-09 104.5 111.8 113.5 110.7 Nov-08 -0.8 0.2 -0.4 -0.7 2008 103.6 108.4 110.5 107.2 Q1-10 103.4 109.8 110.4 107.0 Dec-08 -0.9 0.9 1.2 1.2 2009 103.3 110.5 111.6 108.6 Q2-10 103.8 109.5 109.1 105.1 Jan-09 -1.5 -1.0 -1.4 -0.7

Feb-09 -0.4 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 Mar-09 0.8 1.4 1.9 1.8 Apr-09 0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 May-09 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.4 Jun-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.2 0.0 Jul-09 -0.7 -0.9 -1.1 -1.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.1 Sep-09 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.1 Oct-09 0.7 1.2 1.2 1.1 Nov-09 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 Dec-09 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 Jan-10 -0.7 -1.3 -1.8 -2.1 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -1.0 Mar-10 -0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.1 Apr-10 0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 May-10 -0.2 -0.4 -1.2 -1.5 Jun-10 0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6

vs the rest of vs the rest of vs the rest of

Cyprus - euro (before 2008: CYP)

1. Trade-weighted currency indices

Annual data Quarterly data Monthly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100) monthly % change

2. Relative price indicators, based on HICP / CPI

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1997 96.9 99.6 100.4 Q2-07 108.8 108.0 111.4 1998 99.3 100.0 101.4 Q3-07 109.4 108.5 112.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 110.4 110.3 114.0 2000 103.2 101.1 98.1 Q1-08 111.1 112.2 115.9 2001 103.7 102.1 100.0 Q2-08 111.6 113.3 117.6 2002 102.4 100.8 99.9 Q3-08 111.7 113.1 117.0 2003 103.7 105.5 106.4 Q4-08 111.3 114.4 116.4 2004 105.6 106.3 108.1 Q1-09 110.7 116.3 118.0 2005 107.0 107.4 109.0 Q2-09 110.2 114.9 117.2 2006 108.2 108.1 110.1 Q3-09 109.9 114.1 116.8 2007 109.2 108.7 111.8 Q4-09 110.0 114.9 117.6 2008 111.3 113.1 116.1 Q1-10 110.4 114.5 116.2 2009 110.1 114.9 116.8 Q2-10 111.0 114.2 114.7

CY vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 94.3 95.2 95.7 Q2-07 106.7 107.6 109.6 1998 97.7 98.7 99.7 Q3-07 106.7 107.5 109.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 106.8 108.0 110.0 2000 102.4 100.5 98.1 Q1-08 106.8 108.6 110.5 2001 103.5 102.4 100.0 Q2-08 106.8 108.6 111.0 2002 102.2 101.2 100.1 Q3-08 106.9 108.1 110.1 2003 101.4 102.6 103.2 Q4-08 107.2 109.5 110.0 2004 104.5 105.5 106.5 Q1-09 107.5 111.8 112.2 2005 105.6 107.0 107.6 Q2-09 107.8 111.0 112.4 2006 106.1 107.3 108.0 Q3-09 107.9 110.7 112.5 2007 106.7 107.8 109.4 Q4-09 108.0 111.4 113.4 2008 106.8 108.8 110.1 Q1-10 108.0 110.8 111.9 2009 107.7 111.3 112.4 Q2-10 108.0 110.2 110.1

CY vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 99.8 104.4 105.8 Q2-07 110.2 108.2 112.7 1998 100.2 100.7 102.4 Q3-07 109.6 107.4 112.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 109.1 107.8 112.6 2000 102.5 99.8 97.2 Q1-08 108.5 108.6 113.3 2001 101.7 99.1 97.6 Q2-08 108.2 108.9 114.2 2002 103.7 101.7 101.4 Q3-08 108.2 108.7 113.7 2003 109.8 111.3 113.2 Q4-08 108.5 110.6 114.1 2004 111.0 111.4 114.3 Q1-09 109.0 113.6 116.9 2005 112.2 111.8 114.7 Q2-09 109.8 113.5 117.7 2006 112.0 111.1 114.2 Q3-09 110.6 114.0 118.6 2007 109.9 108.2 112.3 Q4-09 111.6 115.7 120.4 2008 108.3 109.0 113.2 Q1-10 112.6 116.0 119.8 2009 110.2 114.0 117.7 Q2-10 113.6 116.3 118.7

CY vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 98.1 102.7 103.8 Q2-07 133.6 132.6 138.0 1998 100.2 100.1 101.8 Q3-07 133.6 132.4 137.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 133.9 133.7 139.3 2000 103.5 101.1 98.1 Q1-08 134.3 135.7 141.2 2001 103.9 101.7 99.4 Q2-08 134.4 136.5 142.9 2002 106.5 104.7 103.7 Q3-08 133.7 135.7 141.8 2003 106.0 108.2 109.4 Q4-08 132.3 136.5 140.8 2004 112.7 114.7 117.3 Q1-09 130.8 137.9 142.4 2005 120.6 121.4 123.9 Q2-09 129.7 135.9 141.6 2006 131.6 132.1 135.4 Q3-09 129.5 135.2 141.6 2007 133.9 133.2 138.0 Q4-09 130.3 136.8 143.5 2008 134.1 136.5 141.4 Q1-10 131.8 137.6 143.0 2009 130.6 136.8 142.0 Q2-10 133.7 138.5 142.4

3. Relative price indicators, based on GDP deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

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5. Relative cost indicators, based on unit labour costs in total economyAnnual data Quarterly data

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LVEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 94.9 95.4 94.5 75.4 Q2-07 89.5 89.0 91.5 94.1 Jan-08 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 1998 95.2 95.5 95.7 85.2 Q3-07 89.5 89.0 91.5 94.1 Feb-08 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 89.3 89.1 91.7 94.7 Mar-08 -0.1 0.2 0.5 0.9 2000 112.0 108.9 107.5 107.4 Q1-08 89.7 90.0 92.7 96.0 Apr-08 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 2001 111.9 109.8 108.6 108.4 Q2-08 89.3 89.7 92.7 96.3 May-08 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 2002 107.9 105.9 105.3 106.4 Q3-08 88.7 88.9 91.6 95.1 Jun-08 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 2003 97.8 97.9 99.1 101.7 Q4-08 88.1 90.2 92.1 94.7 Jul-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 2004 94.2 94.1 95.9 98.9 Q1-09 88.5 92.9 94.7 100.6 Aug-08 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 2005 90.0 89.6 91.1 93.7 Q2-09 88.4 92.3 94.5 100.2 Sep-08 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 2006 89.9 89.3 91.2 93.2 Q3-09 89.0 92.2 94.5 100.9 Oct-08 -0.5 0.1 -0.3 -1.0 2007 89.4 88.6 91.1 93.6 Q4-09 88.2 91.6 93.9 99.8 Nov-08 0.0 1.0 0.6 0.3 2008 88.9 89.3 91.9 95.0 Q1-10 88.1 90.9 92.6 97.5 Dec-08 0.1 1.8 2.2 2.6 2009 88.5 91.9 94.1 99.8 Q2-10 88.3 90.5 91.5 95.2 Jan-09 0.6 1.2 1.0 3.5

Feb-09 -0.2 0.3 0.0 1.1 Mar-09 -0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 Apr-09 -0.1 -0.9 -0.9 -1.1 May-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.4 Jun-09 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 Jul-09 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.2

Aug-09 -0.1 -0.8 -0.8 -0.4 Sep-09 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 Oct-09 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 Dec-09 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 Jan-10 -0.2 -0.6 -0.9 -1.4 Feb-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 -1.2 Mar-10 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 Apr-10 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.8 May-10 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.9 Jun-10 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 -0.7

LVEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 91.3 92.8 93.6 84.2 Q2-07 109.5 109.1 110.7 105.2 Jan-08 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 1998 94.4 94.9 95.7 92.0 Q3-07 112.5 111.9 113.6 107.7 Feb-08 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 116.1 115.4 117.3 111.3 Mar-08 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.6 2000 112.4 109.5 107.6 106.1 Q1-08 121.6 121.0 123.0 116.4 Apr-08 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.2 2001 112.2 110.5 108.4 105.7 Q2-08 124.1 123.3 125.8 119.0 May-08 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 2002 108.0 106.6 105.0 102.5 Q3-08 124.2 123.0 125.0 117.7 Jun-08 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.6 2003 99.0 99.8 99.9 98.1 Q4-08 125.2 126.2 127.2 118.3 Jul-08 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 99.3 100.1 100.9 98.8 Q1-09 129.2 133.0 133.8 127.7 Aug-08 -0.4 -0.5 -0.9 -1.3 2005 99.5 99.9 100.4 97.1 Q2-09 127.7 130.8 132.0 125.4 Sep-08 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.5 2006 103.9 103.8 104.7 99.9 Q3-09 126.5 128.3 129.8 123.7 Oct-08 0.6 1.1 0.7 -0.1 2007 111.4 110.5 112.2 106.5 Q4-09 123.2 125.3 126.7 120.3 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 0.6 0.0 2008 123.8 122.8 124.7 117.4 Q1-10 122.6 123.3 123.8 116.1 Dec-08 -0.3 1.5 1.9 2.3 2009 126.6 128.7 130.0 123.7 Q2-10 123.0 123.1 122.8 113.6 Jan-09 3.4 3.6 3.3 5.4

Feb-09 0.2 0.8 0.5 1.5 Mar-09 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 Apr-09 -0.8 -1.4 -1.4 -1.7 May-09 -0.4 -1.0 -0.8 -1.0 Jun-09 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 Jul-09 0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3

Aug-09 -1.5 -2.0 -1.9 -1.5 Sep-09 -0.6 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 Oct-09 -1.0 -0.6 -0.6 -1.1 Nov-09 -0.7 -1.0 -0.9 -1.1 Dec-09 -0.7 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5 Jan-10 0.6 -0.3 -0.7 -1.4 Feb-10 -0.6 -0.8 -1.2 -1.8 Mar-10 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7 Apr-10 0.7 0.3 0.2 -0.2 May-10 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -1.1 Jun-10 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4

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Latvia - LVL

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1997 89.8 91.1 91.6 Q2-07 134.3 129.8 131.5 1998 92.5 93.1 93.8 Q3-07 140.5 135.3 137.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 146.0 140.4 142.4 2000 115.1 111.7 109.6 Q1-08 151.6 146.1 148.0 2001 114.1 111.9 109.8 Q2-08 154.7 148.7 151.1 2002 111.4 109.2 107.9 Q3-08 155.6 149.1 151.0 2003 102.8 102.7 103.0 Q4-08 154.9 151.6 152.2 2004 104.4 103.7 104.7 Q1-09 154.4 155.2 155.6 2005 108.2 106.5 107.1 Q2-09 152.1 152.3 153.3 2006 117.1 113.9 114.7 Q3-09 150.5 149.5 151.0 2007 136.8 131.5 133.4 Q4-09 146.3 145.8 147.2 2008 154.1 148.0 149.9 Q1-10 143.4 141.7 142.1 2009 150.7 149.8 151.0 Q2-10 140.9 138.3 137.6

LV vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 89.4 89.7 90.0 Q2-07 143.0 139.0 139.4 1998 95.1 95.9 96.5 Q3-07 147.4 142.6 142.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 151.0 145.6 145.9 2000 111.3 108.2 106.3 Q1-08 155.0 149.2 149.3 2001 112.7 110.6 108.5 Q2-08 156.6 149.9 150.3 2002 112.4 110.4 109.1 Q3-08 156.4 148.9 148.9 2003 112.1 111.4 111.6 Q4-08 155.1 150.5 149.4 2004 119.1 117.6 118.1 Q1-09 154.7 154.0 153.0 2005 123.0 120.8 120.6 Q2-09 153.4 152.0 151.9 2006 130.5 127.1 126.8 Q3-09 153.5 151.1 151.7 2007 144.7 139.8 140.3 Q4-09 151.8 150.0 150.6 2008 155.7 149.0 149.0 Q1-10 151.8 148.9 148.5 2009 153.3 151.1 151.3 Q2-10 152.2 148.5 147.0

LV vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 93.3 95.5 96.4 Q2-07 139.7 133.2 135.7 1998 94.1 94.6 95.5 Q3-07 149.1 141.6 144.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 158.2 149.9 152.8 2000 107.6 104.3 102.6 Q1-08 166.7 158.3 161.4 2001 102.5 99.9 98.3 Q2-08 170.7 161.8 165.5 2002 96.2 93.9 93.0 Q3-08 169.6 160.5 163.8 2003 90.5 90.0 90.7 Q4-08 164.3 159.0 160.9 2004 92.4 91.5 92.9 Q1-09 158.1 157.5 159.2 2005 100.5 98.6 99.8 Q2-09 150.6 149.5 151.9 2006 115.2 111.4 112.9 Q3-09 144.9 143.2 145.9 2007 143.9 136.4 139.1 Q4-09 138.5 137.5 140.1 2008 167.8 158.8 162.0 Q1-10 134.6 132.8 134.4 2009 147.8 145.8 148.3 Q2-10 132.0 129.6 130.2

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1997 102.1 104.4 105.3 Q2-07 136.2 133.1 135.6 1998 99.4 99.9 100.8 Q3-07 144.6 140.5 143.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 152.4 148.0 150.9 2000 113.4 110.2 108.4 Q1-08 159.6 155.6 158.6 2001 99.0 97.1 95.3 Q2-08 162.3 158.4 162.1 2002 89.7 88.6 87.5 Q3-08 160.1 156.5 159.9 2003 86.5 87.2 87.7 Q4-08 153.8 154.3 156.7 2004 87.1 88.0 89.4 Q1-09 146.9 152.3 154.8 2005 94.9 94.6 95.8 Q2-09 138.9 144.2 147.5 2006 112.8 111.8 113.1 Q3-09 133.2 137.8 141.6 2007 140.0 135.9 138.5 Q4-09 127.2 132.3 135.9 2008 158.9 155.2 158.4 Q1-10 123.7 127.8 130.4 2009 136.4 140.6 144.0 Q2-10 121.5 124.8 126.4

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1997 93.8 93.9 91.5 68.5 Q2-07 123.6 125.4 132.2 137.6 Jan-08 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 1998 95.7 95.8 95.3 79.6 Q3-07 123.6 125.4 132.2 137.7 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 123.6 125.6 132.7 138.9 Mar-08 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.1 2000 115.6 113.2 112.2 112.1 Q1-08 123.5 126.1 133.4 140.0 Apr-08 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.3 2001 119.3 117.1 117.4 117.2 Q2-08 123.4 125.9 133.9 141.0 May-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 2002 123.5 122.0 123.5 125.2 Q3-08 123.4 125.7 133.1 139.8 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 123.8 125.6 129.6 134.2 Q4-08 123.4 128.3 134.5 139.9 Jul-08 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 2004 123.8 125.9 131.1 136.4 Q1-09 123.4 131.6 137.7 148.6 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -0.5 -0.9 2005 123.7 125.5 130.4 135.3 Q2-09 123.4 130.9 137.6 148.2 Sep-08 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 2006 123.7 125.2 130.5 134.5 Q3-09 123.4 129.8 136.8 148.4 Oct-08 0.0 0.6 0.2 -0.5 2007 123.6 124.9 131.5 136.2 Q4-09 123.4 130.3 137.3 148.3 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.1 2008 123.4 125.8 132.7 138.4 Q1-10 123.4 129.3 135.3 144.7 Dec-08 0.0 1.5 1.9 2.6 2009 123.3 130.0 136.3 146.5 Q2-10 123.4 128.7 133.5 140.8 Jan-09 0.0 0.7 0.4 3.1

Feb-09 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.6 Mar-09 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.4 Apr-09 0.0 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 May-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 Jun-09 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 Sep-09 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.2 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 -0.1 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 -1.3 Feb-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 -1.3 Mar-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.9 Apr-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 -0.9 May-10 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -1.0 Jun-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5

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1997 90.1 91.4 92.2 81.2 Q2-07 120.0 119.5 121.5 113.5 Jan-08 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.4 1998 95.5 96.0 96.7 91.1 Q3-07 121.9 121.1 123.0 114.7 Feb-08 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 124.7 123.6 125.9 117.5 Mar-08 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.3 2000 114.3 111.5 109.5 107.7 Q1-08 128.0 126.8 129.2 120.2 Apr-08 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.9 2001 116.7 114.1 112.2 108.1 Q2-08 130.1 128.4 131.5 122.3 May-08 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 2002 118.7 116.8 115.2 111.1 Q3-08 131.3 129.2 131.6 121.7 Jun-08 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 2003 115.4 116.8 116.8 113.5 Q4-08 133.2 133.3 134.6 122.8 Jul-08 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 114.6 115.8 116.9 112.9 Q1-09 137.1 140.2 141.3 132.6 Aug-08 0.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.7 2005 115.3 115.8 116.4 110.9 Q2-09 135.8 138.2 139.9 130.6 Sep-08 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 2006 117.3 117.1 117.9 110.6 Q3-09 134.8 135.9 137.9 129.2 Oct-08 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.2 2007 121.5 120.2 122.1 113.9 Q4-09 134.1 135.9 137.8 128.5 Nov-08 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.0 2008 130.7 128.6 130.7 120.7 Q1-10 135.2 135.8 136.5 125.6 Dec-08 -0.1 1.5 2.0 2.5 2009 135.4 136.6 138.1 129.2 Q2-10 134.9 134.8 134.3 121.8 Jan-09 3.3 3.6 3.2 5.5

Feb-09 -0.4 0.3 0.0 1.1 Mar-09 -0.2 0.1 0.5 -0.1 Apr-09 -0.3 -1.0 -1.0 -1.3 May-09 -0.2 -0.7 -0.5 -0.7 Jun-09 -0.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 Jul-09 -0.1 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6

Aug-09 -0.6 -1.0 -0.9 -0.4 Sep-09 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 Oct-09 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 Nov-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 Dec-09 -0.7 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 Jan-10 1.8 1.1 0.6 -0.3 Feb-10 -0.6 -0.8 -1.2 -1.9 Mar-10 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -1.1 Apr-10 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.8 May-10 0.1 0.3 -0.3 -0.9 Jun-10 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6

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1997 94.9 96.3 96.9 Q2-07 132.9 128.1 130.4 1998 98.1 98.9 99.5 Q3-07 135.8 130.3 132.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 139.3 133.3 135.8 2000 115.2 111.9 109.9 Q1-08 142.7 136.5 139.0 2001 115.5 112.5 110.7 Q2-08 145.1 138.2 141.4 2002 117.1 114.4 113.2 Q3-08 145.8 138.4 140.9 2003 114.3 114.4 114.9 Q4-08 144.8 140.2 141.4 2004 115.4 115.0 116.3 Q1-09 142.8 141.8 142.8 2005 121.1 119.4 120.1 Q2-09 140.4 138.9 140.6 2006 127.0 123.7 124.5 Q3-09 138.5 135.9 138.0 2007 134.6 128.7 130.9 Q4-09 137.1 135.1 137.2 2008 144.5 137.3 139.4 Q1-10 136.3 133.4 134.4 2009 139.6 136.8 138.3 Q2-10 135.9 132.5 132.2

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1997 99.9 101.1 101.4 Q2-07 144.3 139.0 140.0 1998 95.0 95.7 96.2 Q3-07 148.5 142.6 143.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 154.3 147.9 148.8 2000 122.7 120.1 118.0 Q1-08 160.1 153.4 154.2 2001 122.6 120.0 117.7 Q2-08 163.6 156.0 157.3 2002 121.0 118.4 117.0 Q3-08 162.9 154.3 154.9 2003 121.8 120.9 121.0 Q4-08 158.1 152.1 151.5 2004 129.8 127.8 128.4 Q1-09 151.5 148.9 148.4 2005 137.2 134.3 134.0 Q2-09 145.5 141.9 142.4 2006 141.1 136.9 136.3 Q3-09 141.9 137.0 138.2 2007 147.2 141.1 141.8 Q4-09 141.2 136.9 138.2 2008 161.2 153.3 153.5 Q1-10 142.6 137.4 137.6 2009 145.0 140.4 140.8 Q2-10 145.2 139.7 138.5

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1997 88.4 89.9 91.1 Q2-07 129.1 123.9 127.0 1998 95.4 95.8 96.9 Q3-07 131.0 124.7 127.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 133.7 126.5 130.0 2000 105.5 102.9 101.4 Q1-08 136.3 128.8 132.4 2001 102.5 100.0 98.8 Q2-08 138.3 130.2 134.4 2002 105.7 104.3 103.7 Q3-08 138.9 130.6 134.3 2003 104.9 106.1 107.2 Q4-08 138.2 133.0 135.5 2004 107.8 108.7 111.0 Q1-09 136.4 135.3 137.8 2005 113.3 112.7 114.6 Q2-09 134.2 133.1 136.4 2006 124.0 121.5 123.5 Q3-09 132.0 130.5 134.2 2007 130.4 124.0 127.1 Q4-09 130.1 129.5 133.2 2008 137.9 129.6 132.9 Q1-10 128.4 127.3 129.9 2009 133.1 131.0 134.2 Q2-10 127.1 125.6 127.0

LT vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 81.8 82.3 83.2 Q2-07 118.3 116.1 118.9 1998 83.0 82.5 83.4 Q3-07 119.3 116.2 118.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 120.1 116.4 119.3 2000 102.0 99.2 97.4 Q1-08 120.5 116.6 119.5 2001 93.9 92.4 90.9 Q2-08 119.9 115.7 119.3 2002 92.8 92.9 92.0 Q3-08 118.1 114.2 117.4 2003 96.4 99.1 99.8 Q4-08 115.5 114.7 117.2 2004 101.8 105.1 107.0 Q1-09 112.4 115.5 118.2 2005 108.6 110.2 111.5 Q2-09 109.4 112.9 116.4 2006 114.3 114.5 115.9 Q3-09 107.0 110.2 114.2 2007 118.8 115.5 118.1 Q4-09 105.3 109.3 113.3 2008 118.6 114.4 117.3 Q1-10 104.1 107.5 110.6 2009 108.6 111.1 114.4 Q2-10 103.4 106.3 108.2

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1997 119.3 117.7 117.3 109.4 Q2-07 101.6 102.3 106.0 107.1 Jan-08 -1.1 -0.7 -0.8 -0.8 1998 105.8 104.6 105.0 101.2 Q3-07 100.1 100.8 104.4 105.6 Feb-08 -2.4 -2.5 -2.5 -2.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.7 100.6 104.5 105.9 Mar-08 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.8 2000 97.2 96.6 95.3 95.1 Q1-08 97.2 98.6 102.4 104.0 Apr-08 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.7 2001 98.6 98.5 97.6 97.5 Q2-08 101.5 103.0 107.6 109.5 May-08 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2002 104.2 104.5 104.4 104.7 Q3-08 106.5 107.8 112.2 113.9 Jun-08 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2003 99.9 101.6 103.1 104.2 Q4-08 95.4 98.1 100.9 102.1 Jul-08 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.4 2004 100.5 102.4 104.7 106.0 Q1-09 85.5 89.9 92.3 94.5 Aug-08 -1.7 -1.7 -2.2 -2.5 2005 101.9 103.2 105.3 106.5 Q2-09 88.0 92.1 94.9 97.1 Sep-08 -2.0 -1.7 -2.1 -2.1 2006 95.7 96.6 99.0 99.7 Q3-09 92.7 96.5 99.8 102.4 Oct-08 -7.6 -7.2 -7.7 -7.9 2007 100.3 100.9 104.4 105.4 Q4-09 92.8 97.0 100.4 102.9 Nov-08 -1.9 -1.1 -1.6 -1.8 2008 100.0 101.6 105.3 106.7 Q1-10 93.6 97.2 99.9 101.9 Dec-08 0.1 1.5 1.7 2.1 2009 89.7 93.7 96.4 98.7 Q2-10 91.6 94.8 96.6 97.9 Jan-09 -5.4 -4.6 -4.8 -4.0

Feb-09 -6.1 -5.8 -6.0 -5.7 Mar-09 -1.9 -1.8 -1.4 -1.5 Apr-09 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.3 May-09 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.7 Jun-09 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 Jul-09 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.0

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1997 97.2 97.9 98.7 95.4 Q2-07 140.8 138.9 141.7 139.4 Jan-08 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 1998 97.3 97.1 97.9 96.6 Q3-07 139.5 137.5 140.2 137.8 Feb-08 -2.7 -2.8 -2.7 -2.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 139.7 137.9 141.0 138.7 Mar-08 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.7 2000 104.7 103.4 101.6 101.1 Q1-08 138.6 137.2 140.3 137.9 Apr-08 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.9 2001 113.0 111.8 109.9 108.8 Q2-08 145.2 143.8 147.7 145.2 May-08 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2002 123.1 121.9 120.6 119.6 Q3-08 152.1 150.1 153.5 150.4 Jun-08 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 2003 121.3 121.7 122.1 121.6 Q4-08 136.3 136.4 138.0 134.6 Jul-08 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.5 2004 127.8 128.1 129.4 128.8 Q1-09 124.0 126.6 127.8 125.7 Aug-08 -2.2 -2.2 -2.7 -2.9 2005 131.4 130.8 131.8 130.4 Q2-09 129.9 131.8 133.7 131.4 Sep-08 -2.2 -1.9 -2.3 -2.3 2006 125.8 124.5 125.8 123.8 Q3-09 139.3 140.5 142.8 140.6 Oct-08 -7.2 -6.9 -7.3 -7.6 2007 139.3 137.3 139.8 137.3 Q4-09 138.7 140.3 142.7 140.3 Nov-08 -1.8 -1.2 -1.6 -1.9 2008 142.9 141.5 144.1 141.1 Q1-10 142.2 142.7 144.0 140.7 Dec-08 -0.2 1.1 1.5 1.8 2009 132.7 134.4 136.0 133.6 Q2-10 140.4 140.5 140.6 136.4 Jan-09 -4.0 -3.5 -3.8 -3.1

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1997 99.9 100.7 101.3 Q2-07 142.8 138.7 141.8 1998 98.4 98.4 99.1 Q3-07 141.5 137.1 140.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 141.3 137.0 140.3 2000 105.8 104.4 102.6 Q1-08 138.0 134.2 137.5 2001 115.5 114.0 112.2 Q2-08 144.7 140.5 144.5 2002 128.7 127.0 126.0 Q3-08 152.8 147.9 151.4 2003 126.9 126.6 127.4 Q4-08 138.2 135.8 137.5 2004 132.6 131.9 133.5 Q1-09 125.3 125.8 127.2 2005 135.2 133.2 134.5 Q2-09 130.3 130.2 132.2 2006 129.9 127.0 128.5 Q3-09 138.5 137.6 140.2 2007 141.2 136.8 139.5 Q4-09 139.6 139.0 141.7 2008 143.2 139.1 141.8 Q1-10 141.4 139.8 141.4 2009 133.2 132.7 134.4 Q2-10 138.7 136.5 136.9

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1997 100.2 100.5 100.9 Q2-07 102.0 100.7 102.1 1998 100.6 100.9 101.5 Q3-07 98.7 97.3 98.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 97.2 95.8 97.3 2000 103.1 102.2 100.7 Q1-08 94.4 93.3 94.6 2001 106.9 106.1 104.4 Q2-08 99.1 97.6 99.4 2002 108.6 107.8 106.9 Q3-08 105.4 103.1 104.6 2003 105.4 105.4 105.9 Q4-08 96.2 95.2 95.6 2004 104.2 103.9 104.8 Q1-09 88.0 88.7 89.0 2005 103.3 102.6 103.1 Q2-09 91.9 91.9 92.8 2006 100.9 99.8 100.3 Q3-09 97.4 96.7 98.1 2007 100.1 98.6 99.8 Q4-09 97.2 96.8 98.3 2008 98.7 97.1 98.1 Q1-10 96.9 96.1 96.9 2009 93.5 93.3 94.1 Q2-10 93.5 92.5 92.5

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1997 105.0 106.3 107.3 Q2-07 151.6 147.1 150.9 1998 102.6 102.3 103.3 Q3-07 150.9 145.9 149.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 151.2 146.2 150.2 2000 112.3 110.5 108.6 Q1-08 147.9 143.5 147.5 2001 119.0 116.6 114.9 Q2-08 154.5 149.8 154.7 2002 134.0 132.1 131.2 Q3-08 161.7 156.2 160.8 2003 133.0 132.6 133.8 Q4-08 144.1 141.4 144.1 2004 138.8 138.6 140.8 Q1-09 128.4 128.9 131.2 2005 144.3 142.3 144.3 Q2-09 131.2 131.1 134.3 2006 137.5 134.8 136.8 Q3-09 137.6 136.8 140.6 2007 150.2 145.4 148.7 Q4-09 137.4 137.0 141.0 2008 151.8 147.2 150.8 Q1-10 138.3 137.1 140.1 2009 133.5 133.0 136.0 Q2-10 135.4 133.8 135.4

HU vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 111.1 111.9 112.8 Q2-07 129.4 126.7 130.1 1998 104.1 103.1 104.1 Q3-07 129.0 125.9 129.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 130.1 127.0 130.5 2000 107.5 106.0 104.2 Q1-08 128.0 125.4 129.0 2001 117.2 115.2 113.1 Q2-08 134.1 131.4 135.9 2002 124.5 123.1 122.1 Q3-08 139.6 136.6 140.9 2003 116.2 116.6 117.5 Q4-08 122.8 122.4 125.2 2004 122.9 123.6 125.6 Q1-09 107.7 110.0 112.6 2005 129.2 128.1 129.9 Q2-09 108.5 110.4 114.0 2006 120.4 119.0 120.9 Q3-09 112.7 114.2 118.5 2007 128.6 125.6 128.6 Q4-09 112.2 114.1 118.6 2008 130.9 128.5 131.8 Q1-10 113.2 114.5 118.0 2009 110.2 111.8 115.2 Q2-10 111.4 112.2 114.5

3. Relative price indicators, based on GDP deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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1997 97.5 98.1 99.3 97.3 Q2-07 99.2 99.9 109.6 111.2 Jan-08 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 1998 98.5 98.7 101.3 99.9 Q3-07 99.2 100.0 109.8 111.5 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.2 100.5 111.6 113.6 Mar-08 0.0 0.5 1.4 2.0 2000 105.4 103.9 98.5 98.1 Q1-08 99.2 101.6 112.6 115.0 Apr-08 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.0 2001 105.7 104.8 99.5 99.3 Q2-08 99.1 102.2 114.6 117.2 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 2002 104.2 103.6 100.7 100.9 Q3-08 99.1 102.1 113.5 115.6 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.0 2003 100.0 101.3 103.5 105.4 Q4-08 99.1 103.5 108.5 110.4 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.4 2004 99.6 100.6 105.5 108.5 Q1-09 99.1 105.5 109.2 111.8 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.8 2005 99.1 100.1 105.1 107.4 Q2-09 99.1 104.8 110.7 113.1 Sep-08 0.0 0.2 -1.5 -1.4 2006 99.2 100.2 106.1 107.8 Q3-09 99.1 104.4 111.5 114.5 Oct-08 0.0 0.0 -3.0 -2.8 2007 99.2 100.1 109.4 111.1 Q4-09 99.1 105.0 112.3 115.5 Nov-08 0.0 1.0 -1.2 -1.3 2008 99.1 102.4 111.8 114.0 Q1-10 99.1 104.5 109.3 111.9 Dec-08 0.0 1.6 2.2 2.1 2009 99.1 105.0 110.4 113.2 Q2-10 99.1 103.8 105.6 107.5 Jan-09 0.0 0.5 -0.4 0.4

Feb-09 0.0 -0.3 -1.0 -1.1 Mar-09 0.0 0.6 1.9 1.8 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.5 0.6 Jun-09 0.0 -0.4 0.6 0.8 Jul-09 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 0.3 0.3 Sep-09 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.7 Oct-09 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.8 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -1.3 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -1.8 -1.9 Mar-10 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 Apr-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7 May-10 0.0 -0.2 -2.5 -2.8 Jun-10 0.0 -0.5 -1.6 -1.6

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1997 94.0 95.0 97.4 96.3 Q2-07 101.2 102.2 111.3 111.4 Jan-08 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 1998 97.4 97.7 100.8 100.2 Q3-07 102.7 103.7 113.2 113.0 Feb-08 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.7 102.4 113.0 113.0 Mar-08 0.3 0.9 1.8 2.5 2000 106.3 105.0 99.1 98.8 Q1-08 99.5 102.2 112.6 112.7 Apr-08 2.1 2.3 3.0 2.9 2001 106.7 106.1 100.3 99.9 Q2-08 101.9 105.1 117.2 117.5 May-08 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 2002 105.6 105.3 101.8 101.9 Q3-08 104.2 107.3 118.3 118.0 Jun-08 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 2003 101.3 103.0 104.7 106.1 Q4-08 103.6 108.1 112.9 112.6 Jul-08 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.0 2004 101.6 103.0 107.4 109.4 Q1-09 101.9 108.3 111.9 112.1 Aug-08 0.4 0.3 -1.1 -1.4 2005 101.6 103.0 107.3 108.6 Q2-09 105.0 110.7 116.8 116.9 Sep-08 -0.1 0.1 -1.6 -1.4 2006 102.2 103.6 108.8 109.2 Q3-09 105.5 110.6 117.8 118.2 Oct-08 1.0 1.0 -1.8 -1.7 2007 100.9 102.0 110.7 110.7 Q4-09 102.9 108.5 115.8 116.4 Nov-08 -2.5 -1.6 -3.4 -3.6 2008 102.3 105.7 114.7 114.6 Q1-10 101.8 106.6 111.4 111.3 Dec-08 0.2 1.9 2.8 2.7 2009 103.8 109.6 115.0 115.3 Q2-10 105.2 109.4 111.4 110.7 Jan-09 -1.5 -1.1 -2.2 -1.6

Feb-09 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 Mar-09 1.3 1.9 3.2 3.0 Apr-09 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.8 May-09 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0.7 Jun-09 -0.3 -0.7 0.2 0.5 Jul-09 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0

Aug-09 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 Sep-09 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 Oct-09 -0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 Nov-09 -2.6 -3.0 -2.8 -2.8 Dec-09 -0.6 -0.5 -1.0 -1.2 Jan-10 0.1 -0.4 -1.3 -1.6 Feb-10 -0.2 -0.4 -1.8 -2.0 Mar-10 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.6 Apr-10 2.3 1.7 1.8 1.5 May-10 1.1 0.8 -1.5 -1.7 Jun-10 -0.1 -0.6 -1.6 -1.7

vs the rest of vs the rest of vs the rest of

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1997 96.7 97.9 99.7 Q2-07 106.2 105.4 116.1 1998 98.2 98.7 101.6 Q3-07 106.2 105.4 116.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 106.1 105.9 118.1 2000 107.0 105.3 99.6 Q1-08 106.1 106.9 119.1 2001 108.2 107.1 101.8 Q2-08 106.1 107.4 121.3 2002 107.4 106.4 103.8 Q3-08 106.3 107.5 120.3 2003 104.1 104.8 107.7 Q4-08 106.6 109.3 115.3 2004 103.6 103.7 109.3 Q1-09 106.9 111.7 116.5 2005 103.9 104.0 109.5 Q2-09 107.3 111.4 118.6 2006 105.5 105.2 111.6 Q3-09 107.7 111.3 119.9 2007 106.1 105.5 115.8 Q4-09 108.0 112.1 121.2 2008 106.3 107.8 118.4 Q1-10 108.3 111.8 118.2 2009 107.5 111.7 118.5 Q2-10 108.6 111.2 114.5

MT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 93.3 93.5 95.0 Q2-07 118.7 119.5 128.0 1998 95.7 96.2 98.4 Q3-07 119.5 120.2 128.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 119.7 120.7 130.5 2000 117.1 115.7 110.5 Q1-08 119.4 121.1 130.8 2001 107.1 106.6 101.8 Q2-08 118.6 120.3 131.8 2002 109.1 108.6 106.2 Q3-08 117.3 118.4 129.0 2003 104.9 105.7 108.2 Q4-08 115.7 117.9 121.8 2004 104.9 105.5 109.9 Q1-09 114.1 118.1 121.4 2005 105.8 106.7 110.6 Q2-09 112.8 115.8 122.2 2006 112.6 113.4 118.0 Q3-09 112.1 114.5 122.8 2007 118.8 119.6 127.7 Q4-09 112.0 115.1 123.9 2008 117.7 119.5 127.8 Q1-10 112.4 114.9 121.2 2009 112.7 115.9 122.1 Q2-10 113.0 114.8 117.8

MT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 96.1 97.8 100.3 Q2-07 103.7 102.0 113.6 1998 98.8 99.3 102.2 Q3-07 103.9 102.2 114.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 104.4 103.2 116.5 2000 102.9 100.8 95.3 Q1-08 105.0 104.9 118.3 2001 109.8 107.9 102.6 Q2-08 105.2 105.8 120.9 2002 106.9 105.4 103.3 Q3-08 105.0 105.5 119.9 2003 106.6 106.9 110.8 Q4-08 104.4 106.4 114.4 2004 105.2 104.9 111.9 Q1-09 103.6 107.5 114.9 2005 103.6 103.1 109.9 Q2-09 103.0 106.2 116.2 2006 104.1 103.2 110.6 Q3-09 102.9 105.6 117.2 2007 103.9 102.4 113.7 Q4-09 103.2 106.6 118.7 2008 104.9 105.7 117.8 Q1-10 103.9 106.8 116.4 2009 103.2 106.6 116.2 Q2-10 104.9 107.0 113.4

MT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

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3. Relative price indicators, based on GDP deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

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5. Relative cost indicators, based on unit labour costs in total economyAnnual data Quarterly data

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1997 99.7 100.0 99.7 97.4 Q2-07 99.9 100.5 105.2 105.9 Jan-08 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 1998 99.8 99.8 100.5 99.2 Q3-07 99.9 100.5 105.3 106.0 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.9 100.9 106.2 107.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.4 0.9 1.2 2000 100.0 98.7 97.1 96.8 Q1-08 99.9 101.8 107.1 108.2 Apr-08 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 2001 100.1 99.3 98.3 98.1 Q2-08 99.9 102.1 108.1 109.4 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 2002 100.1 99.4 99.3 99.5 Q3-08 99.8 102.0 107.5 108.5 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 100.1 101.2 103.2 104.1 Q4-08 99.8 103.5 107.1 107.8 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 100.1 101.0 104.1 105.3 Q1-09 99.8 105.6 108.8 110.3 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -0.7 -0.9 2005 100.1 100.8 103.7 104.7 Q2-09 99.8 105.0 108.8 110.3 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 2006 100.0 100.6 104.1 104.6 Q3-09 99.8 104.5 108.9 110.6 Oct-08 0.0 0.2 -0.7 -0.8 2007 99.9 100.5 105.2 105.9 Q4-09 99.8 105.0 109.5 111.2 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 2008 99.9 102.2 107.2 108.2 Q1-10 99.8 104.4 107.8 109.1 Dec-08 0.0 1.5 1.9 1.9 2009 99.8 104.9 108.8 110.4 Q2-10 99.8 103.8 105.9 106.6 Jan-09 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.9

Feb-09 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 Mar-09 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.9 Apr-09 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 0.0 -0.3 0.2 0.2 Jul-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 Nov-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.9 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.7 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.0 -1.2 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 -0.9

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1997 98.1 99.0 99.9 98.6 Q2-07 103.7 104.1 107.4 106.5 Jan-08 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 1998 98.8 99.1 100.4 99.8 Q3-07 102.6 103.1 106.4 105.4 Feb-08 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.0 102.9 106.7 105.8 Mar-08 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.8 2000 100.2 98.9 96.9 96.5 Q1-08 101.9 103.6 107.4 106.5 Apr-08 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 2001 103.1 102.3 100.4 99.8 Q2-08 102.0 104.0 108.5 107.6 May-08 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -0.6 2002 105.0 104.4 103.2 102.8 Q3-08 101.6 103.4 107.2 106.1 Jun-08 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 2003 105.4 106.6 107.4 107.6 Q4-08 101.7 104.9 106.9 105.5 Jul-08 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 2004 104.7 105.7 107.6 107.9 Q1-09 102.7 107.9 109.5 108.7 Aug-08 0.2 0.2 -0.5 -0.7 2005 104.0 104.9 106.6 106.3 Q2-09 103.5 107.9 110.3 109.3 Sep-08 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.1 2006 103.6 104.3 106.2 105.4 Q3-09 102.0 105.8 108.6 107.7 Oct-08 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.9 2007 102.9 103.4 106.6 105.6 Q4-09 102.0 106.2 109.1 108.2 Nov-08 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.1 2008 101.8 103.9 107.3 106.2 Q1-10 102.2 105.7 107.3 106.0 Dec-08 -0.8 0.8 1.3 1.3 2009 102.5 106.8 109.2 108.2 Q2-10 102.5 105.4 105.8 104.0 Jan-09 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.3

Feb-09 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 Mar-09 1.0 1.5 1.9 1.8 Apr-09 0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 May-09 0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 -0.7 -1.0 -0.6 -0.5 Jul-09 -1.1 -1.3 -1.4 -1.4

Aug-09 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 Sep-09 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.2 Oct-09 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 Nov-09 -0.2 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 Dec-09 -1.2 -1.1 -1.3 -1.4 Jan-10 0.5 -0.1 -0.7 -0.9 Feb-10 0.4 0.2 -0.3 -0.5 Mar-10 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 Apr-10 0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 May-10 -0.2 -0.3 -1.2 -1.4 Jun-10 -0.7 -1.1 -1.5 -1.6

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1997 98.3 99.3 100.0 Q2-07 107.0 105.8 109.2 1998 98.9 99.3 100.5 Q3-07 107.2 105.8 109.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 107.6 106.6 110.5 2000 103.1 101.5 99.3 Q1-08 108.0 107.8 111.8 2001 106.2 104.9 103.0 Q2-08 108.3 108.4 113.0 2002 107.9 106.5 105.6 Q3-08 108.2 108.1 112.1 2003 108.1 108.4 109.6 Q4-08 107.7 109.2 111.2 2004 107.1 106.9 109.1 Q1-09 107.0 110.7 112.3 2005 107.9 107.4 109.3 Q2-09 106.5 109.4 111.8 2006 108.0 107.1 109.2 Q3-09 106.1 108.5 111.4 2007 107.2 105.9 109.3 Q4-09 106.1 108.9 112.0 2008 108.0 108.2 111.7 Q1-10 106.3 108.4 110.3 2009 106.4 109.2 111.6 Q2-10 106.6 108.0 108.5

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1997 101.9 102.0 106.8 Q2-07 102.0 102.2 104.2 1998 100.4 100.8 105.3 Q3-07 102.7 102.7 104.7 1999 100.0 100.0 102.5 Q4-07 103.8 104.0 106.2 2000 102.4 101.2 101.8 Q1-08 105.0 105.6 107.8 2001 102.5 101.9 100.0 Q2-08 105.7 106.2 109.0 2002 100.9 100.4 99.3 Q3-08 105.5 105.5 107.8 2003 101.5 101.9 100.0 Q4-08 104.5 105.6 106.1 2004 101.2 101.6 99.4 Q1-09 103.1 105.9 106.3 2005 102.6 102.9 102.8 Q2-09 101.8 103.8 105.2 2006 102.8 102.9 102.9 Q3-09 101.2 102.5 104.7 2007 102.7 102.7 103.9 Q4-09 101.3 103.1 105.5 2008 105.2 105.7 103.9 Q1-10 101.9 103.3 104.6 2009 101.9 103.8 104.6 Q2-10 102.8 103.7 103.7

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1997 96.7 98.1 99.2 Q2-07 107.7 105.6 109.7 1998 99.1 99.5 100.8 Q3-07 107.7 105.5 109.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 107.5 105.7 110.2 2000 102.0 100.0 98.1 Q1-08 107.3 106.3 110.9 2001 104.9 102.9 101.3 Q2-08 107.1 106.5 111.8 2002 107.8 105.9 105.3 Q3-08 107.2 106.5 111.4 2003 108.8 108.5 110.3 Q4-08 107.7 108.5 111.6 2004 108.3 107.7 110.6 Q1-09 108.2 111.3 114.1 2005 106.8 105.8 108.4 Q2-09 108.7 111.1 114.9 2006 106.8 105.5 108.2 Q3-09 108.9 110.8 115.4 2007 107.6 105.5 109.4 Q4-09 108.9 111.3 116.1 2008 107.3 106.8 111.2 Q1-10 108.7 110.5 114.0 2009 108.7 111.0 114.9 Q2-10 108.4 109.5 111.6

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1997 98.1 99.6 100.6 Q2-07 102.0 101.3 105.3 1998 99.6 99.6 101.0 Q3-07 102.3 101.4 105.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.9 102.3 106.8 2000 99.8 98.1 96.1 Q1-08 103.5 103.8 108.3 2001 102.7 101.1 99.0 Q2-08 103.9 104.5 109.8 2002 104.0 102.6 101.7 Q3-08 103.8 104.4 109.4 2003 105.7 106.3 107.6 Q4-08 103.3 105.6 109.1 2004 104.1 104.8 107.5 Q1-09 102.6 107.2 110.8 2005 102.0 102.0 104.4 Q2-09 101.9 105.9 110.7 2006 102.2 102.1 104.8 Q3-09 101.4 105.0 110.6 2007 102.4 101.5 105.5 Q4-09 101.2 105.3 111.1 2008 103.7 104.5 108.9 Q1-10 101.2 104.7 109.3 2009 101.8 105.7 110.6 Q2-10 101.3 104.2 107.3

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1997 99.4 98.4 98.0 94.5 Q2-07 100.0 100.1 104.9 106.1 Jan-08 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 1998 99.7 99.2 99.7 97.8 Q3-07 100.0 100.1 105.0 106.2 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.0 100.3 105.7 107.1 Mar-08 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.0 2000 100.1 99.3 97.7 97.4 Q1-08 99.9 100.8 106.2 107.8 Apr-08 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 2001 100.2 99.7 98.5 98.3 Q2-08 99.9 100.7 106.8 108.6 May-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 2002 100.2 99.8 99.4 99.8 Q3-08 99.8 100.4 106.0 107.6 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 2003 100.2 101.3 103.1 104.4 Q4-08 99.8 102.0 105.5 106.8 Jul-08 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 2004 100.2 101.3 104.2 105.8 Q1-09 99.8 104.1 107.2 109.6 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -0.6 -0.8 2005 100.2 100.7 103.5 104.8 Q2-09 99.8 103.6 107.4 109.6 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 2006 100.1 100.6 103.8 104.7 Q3-09 99.8 103.0 107.3 109.9 Oct-08 0.0 0.5 -0.5 -0.6 2007 100.0 100.1 104.8 105.9 Q4-09 99.8 103.3 107.7 110.2 Nov-08 0.0 0.7 0.0 -0.2 2008 99.8 100.9 105.8 107.3 Q1-10 99.8 102.8 106.0 108.0 Dec-08 0.0 1.2 1.6 1.7 2009 99.8 103.4 107.1 109.4 Q2-10 99.8 102.5 104.3 105.7 Jan-09 0.0 0.7 0.3 1.1

Feb-09 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 Mar-09 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.7 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 May-09 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 Jun-09 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.4 Jul-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 Sep-09 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 Oct-09 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -1.0 Mar-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 Apr-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 May-10 0.0 0.2 -0.8 -1.1 Jun-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.7

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1997 100.5 101.4 102.2 100.2 Q2-07 98.0 96.5 100.0 98.8 Jan-08 0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 1998 100.4 100.5 101.6 100.8 Q3-07 97.9 96.4 99.9 98.6 Feb-08 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 98.2 96.8 100.8 99.5 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.2 2000 99.8 98.6 96.6 96.1 Q1-08 98.3 97.1 101.2 99.9 Apr-08 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 2001 99.7 98.5 96.6 95.8 Q2-08 98.2 97.0 101.6 100.4 May-08 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 2002 99.3 97.9 96.8 96.3 Q3-08 97.7 96.2 100.3 98.8 Jun-08 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.4 2003 98.7 98.7 99.6 99.5 Q4-08 98.1 97.9 100.2 98.4 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.7 -0.5 -0.6 2004 98.5 98.4 100.3 100.3 Q1-09 98.1 99.8 101.8 100.6 Aug-08 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.9 2005 98.6 97.8 99.4 98.8 Q2-09 97.9 99.0 101.6 100.2 Sep-08 0.3 0.5 -0.1 0.0 2006 98.1 97.1 99.2 97.9 Q3-09 98.0 98.4 101.4 100.3 Oct-08 0.0 0.4 -0.5 -0.7 2007 98.1 96.6 100.0 98.5 Q4-09 98.3 98.9 102.0 100.8 Nov-08 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.0 2008 98.0 96.9 100.5 98.9 Q1-10 98.5 98.4 100.4 98.6 Dec-08 -0.1 1.1 1.6 1.7 2009 98.0 98.9 101.3 100.0 Q2-10 98.4 98.0 98.7 96.4 Jan-09 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.8

Feb-09 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 Mar-09 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.5 Apr-09 -0.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 May-09 0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 Jun-09 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 0.1 Jul-09 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.1 Sep-09 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 Oct-09 -0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 Nov-09 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 Dec-09 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.3 -0.3 -0.8 -1.1 Feb-10 -0.3 -0.4 -0.9 -1.2 Mar-10 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1 Apr-10 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 May-10 -0.2 0.0 -0.9 -1.2 Jun-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.7

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1997 101.1 102.0 102.5 Q2-07 98.4 95.7 99.3 1998 100.4 100.5 101.5 Q3-07 98.3 95.4 99.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 98.2 95.5 99.5 2000 100.1 98.8 96.7 Q1-08 98.2 95.7 99.8 2001 99.7 98.3 96.5 Q2-08 98.1 95.5 100.2 2002 98.7 97.0 96.2 Q3-08 98.2 95.2 99.4 2003 97.9 97.4 98.6 Q4-08 98.4 96.9 99.2 2004 98.0 97.0 99.1 Q1-09 98.7 99.1 101.0 2005 98.5 96.8 98.7 Q2-09 99.0 98.8 101.4 2006 98.6 96.5 98.6 Q3-09 99.1 98.3 101.4 2007 98.3 95.5 99.0 Q4-09 99.1 98.5 101.7 2008 98.2 95.7 99.3 Q1-10 99.1 97.9 100.0 2009 98.9 98.5 101.0 Q2-10 99.0 97.4 98.2

AT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 97.5 97.8 98.2 Q2-07 99.2 98.2 100.6 1998 98.5 98.7 99.5 Q3-07 99.2 98.1 100.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.1 98.2 100.8 2000 97.7 96.8 95.1 Q1-08 99.1 98.5 101.0 2001 97.5 96.8 95.0 Q2-08 99.2 98.2 101.3 2002 98.1 97.3 96.4 Q3-08 99.4 97.8 100.5 2003 99.0 98.9 99.7 Q4-08 99.9 99.4 100.3 2004 99.3 99.0 100.4 Q1-09 100.3 101.5 102.2 2005 99.0 98.5 99.5 Q2-09 100.6 101.0 102.7 2006 99.1 98.3 99.4 Q3-09 100.7 100.4 102.7 2007 99.1 98.1 100.3 Q4-09 100.6 100.5 103.0 2008 99.4 98.4 100.5 Q1-10 100.2 99.8 101.3 2009 100.5 100.7 102.4 Q2-10 99.8 99.3 99.4

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1997 100.9 101.9 102.9 Q2-07 94.9 91.8 95.7 1998 100.8 100.8 102.0 Q3-07 94.7 91.4 95.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.6 91.4 95.7 2000 98.7 97.0 95.2 Q1-08 94.5 91.6 96.0 2001 97.9 95.9 94.3 Q2-08 94.4 91.4 96.4 2002 96.1 94.0 93.5 Q3-08 94.4 91.1 95.7 2003 95.4 94.6 96.1 Q4-08 94.5 92.7 95.7 2004 94.2 93.2 95.8 Q1-09 94.7 94.8 97.6 2005 94.6 92.8 95.1 Q2-09 95.0 94.6 98.2 2006 95.1 92.9 95.4 Q3-09 95.2 94.3 98.5 2007 94.8 91.6 95.3 Q4-09 95.4 94.8 99.2 2008 94.4 91.5 95.5 Q1-10 95.6 94.5 97.8 2009 95.0 94.5 98.0 Q2-10 95.7 94.3 96.3

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1997 100.9 101.6 102.5 Q2-07 92.3 90.5 94.0 1998 102.2 101.5 102.8 Q3-07 91.8 89.8 93.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 91.0 89.1 93.0 2000 97.5 96.2 94.1 Q1-08 90.2 88.7 92.5 2001 97.1 95.4 93.2 Q2-08 89.5 88.0 92.4 2002 96.4 94.8 93.8 Q3-08 89.2 87.6 91.8 2003 97.0 97.0 97.9 Q4-08 89.4 89.2 92.1 2004 96.6 96.7 98.9 Q1-09 89.7 91.7 94.7 2005 97.1 96.1 97.9 Q2-09 90.2 91.8 95.9 2006 93.8 92.8 94.9 Q3-09 90.6 91.8 96.7 2007 91.9 90.0 93.4 Q4-09 90.8 92.3 97.4 2008 89.6 88.2 91.9 Q1-10 90.9 91.9 95.9 2009 90.3 91.7 95.8 Q2-10 91.0 91.7 94.3

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1997 113.6 113.4 112.7 100.1 Q2-07 110.9 110.9 114.6 116.5 Jan-08 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 1998 109.1 109.0 109.3 102.4 Q3-07 111.2 111.2 114.9 116.9 Feb-08 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 115.3 115.7 119.7 122.2 Mar-08 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.1 2000 105.5 104.5 103.3 103.0 Q1-08 117.9 119.0 123.2 125.9 Apr-08 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.1 2001 115.3 114.8 114.0 113.7 Q2-08 123.5 125.0 130.0 133.1 May-08 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 2002 109.9 109.2 109.1 109.7 Q3-08 127.1 128.4 133.1 136.0 Jun-08 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 2003 96.2 96.7 98.1 99.8 Q4-08 111.6 114.2 117.4 119.7 Jul-08 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5 2004 93.4 93.8 95.9 97.8 Q1-09 93.5 97.3 99.7 103.1 Aug-08 -1.0 -0.9 -1.4 -1.7 2005 105.1 105.3 107.4 109.3 Q2-09 94.5 97.8 100.6 104.0 Sep-08 -2.4 -2.2 -2.5 -2.5 2006 108.4 108.6 111.2 112.7 Q3-09 100.2 103.3 106.6 110.5 Oct-08 -5.7 -5.5 -5.9 -6.2 2007 111.4 111.5 115.0 116.8 Q4-09 100.7 104.1 107.5 111.2 Nov-08 -4.1 -3.4 -3.8 -4.0 2008 119.9 121.5 125.6 128.1 Q1-10 105.4 108.5 111.2 114.4 Dec-08 -6.7 -5.6 -5.3 -4.1 2009 97.2 100.6 103.4 106.8 Q2-10 104.8 107.4 109.2 111.5 Jan-09 -5.5 -5.0 -5.3 -4.9

Feb-09 -8.9 -8.9 -9.1 -8.7 Mar-09 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.1 Apr-09 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 May-09 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 Jun-09 -2.2 -2.4 -2.1 -2.0 Jul-09 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0

Aug-09 4.0 3.8 3.8 4.0 Sep-09 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 Oct-09 -1.3 -1.0 -1.0 -1.2 Nov-09 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 Dec-09 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 Jan-10 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.9 Feb-10 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.5 Mar-10 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 Apr-10 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 May-10 -4.4 -4.4 -5.0 -5.3 Jun-10 -1.2 -1.4 -1.7 -1.7

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1997 97.0 97.9 98.5 93.2 Q2-07 122.9 121.8 123.9 120.5 Jan-08 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 1998 103.0 103.2 104.0 101.6 Q3-07 123.4 122.3 124.3 120.7 Feb-08 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 128.3 127.4 129.8 126.1 Mar-08 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.8 2000 113.7 112.4 110.6 109.7 Q1-08 132.0 131.5 134.0 130.0 Apr-08 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.1 2001 127.7 126.7 124.8 122.8 Q2-08 138.1 137.8 141.0 136.9 May-08 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 2002 121.5 120.3 119.0 117.4 Q3-08 142.0 141.3 144.0 139.3 Jun-08 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 2003 105.2 105.3 105.6 104.7 Q4-08 126.0 126.9 128.2 123.6 Jul-08 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 2004 103.7 103.7 104.6 103.6 Q1-09 107.3 109.6 110.6 107.6 Aug-08 -1.1 -1.1 -1.5 -1.8 2005 116.8 116.5 117.2 115.1 Q2-09 109.7 111.5 112.8 109.6 Sep-08 -2.2 -2.0 -2.4 -2.4 2006 119.6 119.1 120.0 116.9 Q3-09 117.1 118.3 120.0 116.8 Oct-08 -5.3 -5.1 -5.5 -5.9 2007 123.6 122.4 124.3 120.7 Q4-09 117.6 119.2 120.8 117.4 Nov-08 -3.4 -2.8 -3.1 -3.4 2008 134.3 134.2 136.2 131.8 Q1-10 123.8 124.7 125.5 121.0 Dec-08 -6.6 -5.5 -5.2 -4.0 2009 112.8 114.5 115.6 112.4 Q2-10 123.1 123.5 123.3 118.0 Jan-09 -4.5 -4.2 -4.5 -4.4

Feb-09 -8.7 -8.7 -8.9 -8.5 Mar-09 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.6 Apr-09 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.0 May-09 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 Jun-09 -2.2 -2.4 -2.1 -2.0 Jul-09 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.5

Aug-09 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 Sep-09 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 Oct-09 -1.3 -1.0 -1.0 -1.2 Nov-09 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 Dec-09 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 Jan-10 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 Feb-10 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.4 Mar-10 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.4 Apr-10 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.2 May-10 -4.3 -4.3 -4.8 -5.2 Jun-10 -0.9 -1.2 -1.4 -1.5

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1997 98.8 99.7 100.1 Q2-07 123.6 120.7 122.5 1998 103.9 104.2 105.0 Q3-07 124.4 121.2 123.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 129.1 126.1 128.0 2000 111.9 110.5 108.6 Q1-08 132.1 129.6 131.5 2001 123.8 122.5 120.7 Q2-08 138.7 136.1 138.6 2002 118.0 116.3 115.2 Q3-08 143.3 140.3 142.3 2003 101.8 101.3 101.7 Q4-08 126.7 125.5 126.3 2004 101.3 100.3 101.3 Q1-09 106.9 107.7 108.2 2005 115.1 113.6 114.2 Q2-09 108.9 109.1 110.0 2006 118.8 116.7 117.3 Q3-09 116.2 115.9 117.3 2007 124.2 121.2 122.7 Q4-09 117.4 117.4 118.8 2008 135.0 132.6 134.1 Q1-10 123.2 122.6 123.2 2009 112.2 112.3 113.1 Q2-10 122.8 121.6 121.1

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1997 93.7 94.0 94.2 Q2-07 130.2 129.2 129.8 1998 102.4 102.8 103.4 Q3-07 128.7 127.5 127.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 130.2 129.0 129.4 2000 103.5 102.3 100.7 Q1-08 130.2 129.3 129.5 2001 113.7 112.8 110.9 Q2-08 135.5 134.4 135.0 2002 113.8 112.9 111.7 Q3-08 142.4 140.6 140.8 2003 107.1 107.0 107.2 Q4-08 131.2 130.8 130.0 2004 111.8 111.4 111.8 Q1-09 116.4 117.8 117.1 2005 120.1 119.5 119.3 Q2-09 123.6 124.4 124.4 2006 124.0 123.1 122.6 Q3-09 134.6 134.8 135.4 2007 129.1 127.9 128.1 Q4-09 135.1 135.8 136.6 2008 134.7 133.6 133.4 Q1-10 138.4 138.6 138.4 2009 127.1 127.9 127.8 Q2-10 133.3 133.0 131.6

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1997 100.4 101.7 102.5 Q2-07 104.6 101.1 103.1 1998 105.4 105.7 106.6 Q3-07 106.0 102.3 104.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 111.5 107.7 109.9 2000 109.0 107.4 105.9 Q1-08 115.5 112.1 114.4 2001 124.2 122.4 120.9 Q2-08 122.1 118.6 121.6 2002 113.4 111.4 110.7 Q3-08 125.7 122.0 124.7 2003 94.2 93.4 94.1 Q4-08 109.7 107.9 109.3 2004 89.1 88.0 89.3 Q1-09 91.0 91.0 92.2 2005 99.8 98.0 99.2 Q2-09 91.1 90.6 92.3 2006 101.5 99.1 100.3 Q3-09 96.1 95.3 97.3 2007 105.8 102.2 104.0 Q4-09 96.6 96.2 98.3 2008 118.0 114.8 116.9 Q1-10 101.5 100.7 102.2 2009 93.6 93.1 94.6 Q2-10 101.7 100.4 101.0

PL vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 103.6 104.7 105.4 Q2-07 82.8 80.8 82.4 1998 107.8 107.5 108.4 Q3-07 83.8 81.5 83.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 87.6 85.3 87.0 2000 107.0 105.7 104.0 Q1-08 89.9 88.0 89.8 2001 112.7 111.2 109.4 Q2-08 93.8 92.1 94.4 2002 98.0 96.8 95.9 Q3-08 95.2 93.5 95.6 2003 78.8 78.6 79.0 Q4-08 81.8 81.4 82.8 2004 73.9 73.6 74.7 Q1-09 66.8 67.8 69.0 2005 84.3 83.3 84.2 Q2-09 66.0 66.8 68.5 2006 81.6 80.4 81.2 Q3-09 69.2 69.7 71.8 2007 83.6 81.5 82.9 Q4-09 69.4 70.3 72.4 2008 90.0 88.5 90.2 Q1-10 73.0 73.7 75.4 2009 67.8 68.5 70.1 Q2-10 73.5 73.8 74.8

3. Relative price indicators, based on GDP deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

5. Relative cost indicators, based on unit labour costs in total economyAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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PT vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 101.0 101.6 101.5 100.2 Q2-07 100.0 100.3 104.5 105.2 Jan-08 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 1998 100.0 100.2 100.9 100.0 Q3-07 100.0 100.3 104.6 105.3 Feb-08 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.0 100.7 105.5 106.3 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.1 2000 100.0 98.8 97.3 97.1 Q1-08 100.0 101.4 106.2 107.2 Apr-08 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 2001 100.0 99.2 98.0 98.0 Q2-08 99.9 101.7 107.1 108.2 May-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 2002 100.1 99.4 98.9 99.3 Q3-08 99.9 101.6 106.6 107.4 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2003 100.1 100.9 102.4 103.3 Q4-08 99.9 102.6 105.6 106.4 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 2004 100.0 100.7 103.3 104.5 Q1-09 99.9 104.0 106.7 107.9 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.9 2005 100.0 100.6 103.1 104.0 Q2-09 99.9 103.5 106.9 108.0 Sep-08 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.4 2006 100.0 100.5 103.4 103.9 Q3-09 99.9 103.2 107.1 108.4 Oct-08 0.0 0.1 -0.8 -0.8 2007 100.0 100.4 104.5 105.2 Q4-09 99.9 103.6 107.6 108.9 Nov-08 0.0 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 2008 99.9 101.8 106.2 107.0 Q1-10 99.9 103.2 106.2 107.1 Dec-08 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2009 99.9 103.5 106.9 108.0 Q2-10 99.9 102.8 104.5 105.0 Jan-09 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5

Feb-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 Mar-09 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 Apr-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 May-09 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.1 Jun-09 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Aug-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Sep-09 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 Oct-09 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 Feb-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 -0.9 Mar-10 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 Apr-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.0 -1.2 Jun-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 -0.8

PTEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 99.0 99.9 100.6 99.7 Q2-07 106.5 107.2 110.4 110.2 Jan-08 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 1998 99.1 99.4 100.4 99.8 Q3-07 106.1 106.8 110.1 109.8 Feb-08 -0.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 105.7 106.8 110.6 110.3 Mar-08 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.8 2000 100.5 99.4 97.6 97.3 Q1-08 105.6 107.3 111.2 110.9 Apr-08 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 2001 102.4 101.8 100.0 99.8 Q2-08 105.6 107.7 112.1 112.0 May-08 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 2002 103.8 103.4 102.3 102.4 Q3-08 105.1 107.0 110.9 110.4 Jun-08 0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2003 105.0 106.2 107.0 107.6 Q4-08 104.9 107.7 109.7 109.1 Jul-08 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 2004 105.3 106.3 108.2 108.9 Q1-09 104.4 108.6 110.2 109.9 Aug-08 -0.3 -0.4 -1.0 -1.2 2005 105.1 106.1 107.7 108.0 Q2-09 104.3 108.0 110.3 110.0 Sep-08 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.1 2006 105.8 106.7 108.6 108.4 Q3-09 104.1 107.3 110.1 109.8 Oct-08 -0.2 -0.1 -1.0 -1.0 2007 106.0 106.7 109.9 109.5 Q4-09 103.6 107.1 110.1 109.8 Nov-08 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 2008 105.2 107.3 110.6 110.1 Q1-10 103.6 106.6 108.4 107.7 Dec-08 -0.3 0.8 1.3 1.3 2009 104.0 107.6 109.8 109.4 Q2-10 103.9 106.5 107.1 105.9 Jan-09 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.1

Feb-09 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9 Mar-09 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.3 Apr-09 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 May-09 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 Jun-09 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.2 Jul-09 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0

Aug-09 -0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6 Sep-09 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 Oct-09 -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 Jan-10 0.1 -0.3 -0.8 -1.0 Feb-10 -0.3 -0.5 -1.0 -1.2 Mar-10 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6 May-10 0.1 0.0 -0.9 -1.1 Jun-10 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6

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2. Relative price indicators, based on HICP / CPI

vs the rest of vs the rest of

vs the rest of vs the rest of vs the rest of

Portugal - euro (before 1999: PTE)

1. Trade-weighted currency indices

Annual data Quarterly data Monthly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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PT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 96.7 97.7 98.2 Q2-07 106.7 106.0 109.3 1998 97.9 98.3 99.2 Q3-07 106.7 106.0 109.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 106.7 106.3 110.2 2000 101.5 100.1 98.3 Q1-08 106.6 106.8 110.8 2001 102.5 101.6 99.9 Q2-08 106.5 107.0 111.5 2002 103.8 102.9 102.1 Q3-08 106.5 106.8 110.8 2003 104.8 105.2 106.3 Q4-08 106.5 107.9 109.9 2004 105.2 105.2 107.2 Q1-09 106.6 109.4 111.1 2005 105.5 105.4 107.1 Q2-09 106.8 109.1 111.5 2006 106.1 105.7 107.6 Q3-09 106.9 108.9 111.8 2007 106.6 105.9 109.2 Q4-09 107.1 109.3 112.5 2008 106.4 106.9 110.4 Q1-10 107.2 109.0 111.1 2009 106.7 109.0 111.3 Q2-10 107.3 108.6 109.3

PT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 97.9 98.1 98.5 Q2-07 103.4 103.7 105.9 1998 99.0 99.5 100.2 Q3-07 103.6 103.9 106.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 104.0 104.4 106.9 2000 101.2 100.1 98.5 Q1-08 104.2 105.1 107.5 2001 101.1 100.6 99.0 Q2-08 104.3 105.1 108.2 2002 101.4 100.9 100.1 Q3-08 104.1 104.6 107.2 2003 101.1 101.6 102.4 Q4-08 103.6 104.8 105.6 2004 101.7 102.0 103.4 Q1-09 103.0 105.3 106.0 2005 101.0 101.5 102.4 Q2-09 102.4 104.1 105.7 2006 102.4 102.7 103.7 Q3-09 101.9 103.2 105.5 2007 103.4 103.7 105.8 Q4-09 101.6 103.2 105.8 2008 104.0 104.7 106.8 Q1-10 101.4 102.8 104.3 2009 102.1 103.8 105.4 Q2-10 101.4 102.4 102.6

PT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 96.7 98.2 99.0 Q2-07 108.7 107.1 110.8 1998 98.5 98.9 99.8 Q3-07 108.6 107.0 110.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 108.6 107.4 111.7 2000 103.1 101.4 99.7 Q1-08 108.7 108.1 112.6 2001 104.4 102.7 101.2 Q2-08 108.8 108.5 113.6 2002 105.5 104.0 103.4 Q3-08 108.9 108.6 113.3 2003 107.2 107.1 108.6 Q4-08 109.2 109.9 112.8 2004 107.2 106.8 109.3 Q1-09 109.4 111.6 114.4 2005 109.2 108.5 110.9 Q2-09 109.8 111.5 115.2 2006 109.1 108.1 110.6 Q3-09 110.2 111.5 115.9 2007 108.6 107.1 110.8 Q4-09 110.5 112.3 116.9 2008 108.8 108.6 112.7 Q1-10 110.9 112.3 115.7 2009 109.9 111.6 115.2 Q2-10 111.3 112.2 114.2

PT vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 94.3 96.0 96.6 Q2-07 108.7 108.1 112.3 1998 96.9 97.2 98.1 Q3-07 108.9 108.2 112.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 109.0 108.7 113.4 2000 102.3 100.6 98.9 Q1-08 109.0 109.4 114.2 2001 102.0 100.6 98.7 Q2-08 108.8 109.5 115.1 2002 103.4 102.3 101.5 Q3-08 108.2 108.9 114.2 2003 102.8 103.3 104.5 Q4-08 107.3 109.1 112.8 2004 104.1 104.6 107.3 Q1-09 106.4 109.7 113.4 2005 106.6 106.7 109.1 Q2-09 105.7 108.5 113.4 2006 108.1 108.1 110.8 Q3-09 105.4 107.9 113.6 2007 108.6 108.1 112.2 Q4-09 105.6 108.5 114.4 2008 108.1 109.0 113.6 Q1-10 106.1 108.6 113.4 2009 105.6 108.4 113.3 Q2-10 106.8 108.8 112.2

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(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

6. Relative cost indicators, based on unit wage costs in manufacturingAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

5. Relative cost indicators, based on unit labour costs in total economyAnnual data Quarterly data

(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

4. Relative price indicators, based on export prices deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

3. Relative price indicators, based on GDP deflatorAnnual data Quarterly data

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ROEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 200 200 193 183 Q2-07 49.5 49.5 54.8 55.3 Jan-08 -4.3 -4.0 -4.1 -4.2 1998 164 164 163 159 Q3-07 50.2 50.2 55.5 56.1 Feb-08 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1999 100 100 100 100 Q4-07 47.0 47.1 52.1 52.8 Mar-08 -1.7 -1.6 -0.7 -0.4 2000 82 81 81 81 Q1-08 44.0 44.3 49.1 49.8 Apr-08 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.7 2001 62.6 62.2 64.4 64.1 Q2-08 44.4 44.7 50.1 50.9 May-08 -0.5 -0.6 -1.0 -1.0 2002 52.2 51.8 54.5 54.6 Q3-08 45.4 45.6 50.6 51.3 Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 2003 43.4 43.6 47.0 47.4 Q4-08 42.5 43.3 47.8 48.3 Jul-08 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1 2004 40.2 40.3 43.9 44.5 Q1-09 38.0 39.4 43.4 44.3 Aug-08 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.3 2005 44.9 45.0 48.8 49.3 Q2-09 38.7 39.9 44.2 45.1 Sep-08 -2.7 -2.4 -2.8 -2.8 2006 46.1 46.2 50.6 50.9 Q3-09 38.4 39.4 43.8 44.8 Oct-08 -3.2 -2.9 -2.9 -3.1 2007 48.7 48.7 53.7 54.2 Q4-09 38.0 39.1 43.6 44.5 Nov-08 -1.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.9 2008 44.1 44.4 49.2 49.8 Q1-10 39.4 40.4 44.6 45.3 Dec-08 -3.5 -2.5 -2.1 -1.3 2009 38.3 39.4 43.6 44.4 Q2-10 38.8 39.6 43.2 43.7 Jan-09 -7.5 -7.0 -7.2 -6.9

Feb-09 -1.2 -0.8 -1.1 -0.8 Mar-09 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.9 Apr-09 1.9 1.4 1.2 1.1 May-09 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.8 Jun-09 -1.0 -1.2 -0.7 -0.7 Jul-09 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3

Aug-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 Sep-09 -0.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 Oct-09 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 Nov-09 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Dec-09 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 Jan-10 2.2 1.9 1.4 1.2 Feb-10 0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.4 Mar-10 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 Apr-10 -1.1 -1.3 -1.6 -1.8 May-10 -1.1 -1.0 -1.8 -2.1 Jun-10 -1.6 -1.7 -2.1 -2.1

ROEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 88.3 89.0 90.0 87.5 Q2-07 156.5 155.3 157.7 155.9 Jan-08 -3.1 -3.0 -3.2 -3.4 1998 114.0 114.3 115.7 114.6 Q3-07 161.0 159.8 162.1 160.1 Feb-08 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 153.2 152.3 154.4 152.8 Mar-08 -2.0 -1.8 -0.9 -0.6 2000 116.5 115.2 112.4 111.8 Q1-08 145.8 145.2 147.5 145.7 Apr-08 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.8 2001 117.1 116.0 114.4 113.2 Q2-08 147.3 146.7 150.2 148.4 May-08 -0.6 -0.7 -1.2 -1.2 2002 116.8 115.7 114.5 113.6 Q3-08 151.5 150.5 152.7 150.5 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 2003 109.6 109.9 110.6 110.4 Q4-08 144.7 145.5 146.5 144.0 Jul-08 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 2004 111.2 111.3 112.8 112.6 Q1-09 133.0 135.8 136.7 135.2 Aug-08 1.4 1.5 0.6 0.3 2005 132.9 132.6 133.3 132.5 Q2-09 135.4 137.6 139.1 137.4 Sep-08 -2.5 -2.3 -2.7 -2.6 2006 142.5 142.0 143.2 141.4 Q3-09 135.0 136.2 138.0 136.6 Oct-08 -2.2 -1.8 -2.0 -2.3 2007 154.6 153.3 155.2 153.1 Q4-09 134.6 136.2 138.0 136.5 Nov-08 -0.2 0.4 0.1 -0.2 2008 146.2 145.7 147.5 145.2 Q1-10 142.8 143.7 143.8 141.4 Dec-08 -3.2 -2.2 -1.7 -0.9 2009 133.5 135.2 136.4 134.6 Q2-10 139.7 140.2 138.7 135.5 Jan-09 -5.6 -5.2 -5.5 -5.4

Feb-09 -0.9 -0.6 -0.7 -0.5 Mar-09 0.2 0.5 1.1 0.9 Apr-09 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.0 May-09 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.6 Jun-09 -1.0 -1.1 -0.8 -0.7 Jul-09 0.5 0.1 -0.1 -0.1

Aug-09 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 Sep-09 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 Oct-09 -0.8 -0.5 -0.6 -0.8 Nov-09 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 Dec-09 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.2 Jan-10 4.7 4.2 3.4 3.1 Feb-10 0.2 0.1 -0.4 -0.7 Mar-10 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 Apr-10 -1.1 -1.4 -1.8 -1.9 May-10 -1.1 -1.0 -1.7 -2.0 Jun-10 -1.4 -1.6 -1.9 -2.0

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1997 88.5 89.2 89.7 Q2-07 201.0 197.9 202.7 1998 111.2 111.5 112.6 Q3-07 211.0 207.6 212.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 205.3 202.2 206.4 2000 115.5 114.2 111.5 Q1-08 199.2 196.9 201.1 2001 119.0 117.7 116.4 Q2-08 207.0 204.4 210.4 2002 118.6 117.1 116.7 Q3-08 214.9 211.5 215.8 2003 119.0 118.8 120.5 Q4-08 202.2 201.7 204.2 2004 124.9 124.2 126.7 Q1-09 180.3 182.8 185.1 2005 154.0 152.7 154.5 Q2-09 182.7 184.3 187.5 2006 172.0 170.1 172.4 Q3-09 181.5 182.0 185.9 2007 201.5 198.2 202.0 Q4-09 181.0 181.8 185.9 2008 205.7 203.2 206.7 Q1-10 189.9 189.9 192.1 2009 181.3 182.4 185.2 Q2-10 189.4 188.8 188.5

RO vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 103.6 103.8 104.0 Q2-07 132.3 132.0 133.9 1998 99.5 99.8 100.5 Q3-07 136.4 136.2 137.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 132.6 132.4 133.6 2000 110.5 109.5 107.5 Q1-08 130.0 130.2 131.2 2001 109.6 109.0 106.9 Q2-08 137.4 137.3 139.2 2002 107.5 106.9 105.9 Q3-08 145.4 144.6 145.2 2003 105.3 105.5 106.4 Q4-08 139.3 139.9 139.7 2004 109.1 109.1 110.3 Q1-09 125.9 128.3 128.4 2005 119.4 119.5 120.2 Q2-09 128.8 130.4 131.3 2006 125.8 125.6 126.1 Q3-09 128.2 128.9 130.5 2007 132.5 132.0 133.4 Q4-09 127.2 128.3 130.2 2008 138.0 137.7 138.3 Q1-10 132.2 133.0 133.5 2009 127.6 128.8 129.7 Q2-10 130.3 130.8 129.7

RO vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 75.5 76.3 77.7 Q2-07 187.1 183.2 190.1 1998 120.6 120.8 123.0 Q3-07 197.5 193.2 200.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 191.1 187.0 193.5 2000 133.0 131.2 129.0 Q1-08 183.6 180.2 186.8 2001 144.6 142.3 141.8 Q2-08 189.4 185.8 194.2 2002 116.6 114.7 115.5 Q3-08 196.9 192.7 200.0 2003 115.0 114.4 117.6 Q4-08 187.5 186.0 191.9 2004 108.7 107.9 111.6 Q1-09 169.8 171.5 177.2 2005 146.1 144.4 148.4 Q2-09 174.4 175.4 182.3 2006 156.2 154.0 158.6 Q3-09 174.1 174.3 181.9 2007 187.2 183.1 189.1 Q4-09 172.8 173.4 181.4 2008 189.4 185.9 192.3 Q1-10 179.2 179.0 185.4 2009 172.9 173.4 179.9 Q2-10 175.9 175.1 179.0

RO vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 94.4 95.3 96.8 Q2-07 239.6 238.5 246.3 1998 145.8 145.7 148.2 Q3-07 253.9 252.3 259.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 246.4 245.0 252.0 2000 127.4 125.9 122.8 Q1-08 236.8 236.4 243.4 2001 149.3 147.7 145.9 Q2-08 243.3 242.9 252.5 2002 137.1 136.1 135.6 Q3-08 250.5 249.8 258.1 2003 130.5 131.5 133.9 Q4-08 234.9 237.8 245.0 2004 135.0 135.9 139.8 Q1-09 209.2 215.9 223.4 2005 182.6 182.7 186.5 Q2-09 211.8 217.9 227.4 2006 196.9 197.3 201.8 Q3-09 209.5 214.7 225.4 2007 240.3 239.0 245.3 Q4-09 207.4 213.0 224.3 2008 241.6 241.5 248.5 Q1-10 215.5 220.4 229.5 2009 209.7 215.2 224.0 Q2-10 212.6 216.6 222.5

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1997 107.4 106.7 105.5 94.3 Q2-07 80.9 80.9 84.1 86.2 Jan-08 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 1998 105.1 104.6 104.5 98.0 Q3-07 80.8 80.9 84.1 86.3 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 80.8 81.0 84.3 86.8 Mar-08 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.9 2000 94.1 93.5 92.8 92.6 Q1-08 80.8 81.3 84.7 87.4 Apr-08 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.2 2001 89.2 88.8 88.8 88.6 Q2-08 80.7 81.1 84.9 87.8 May-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 2002 86.0 85.7 86.4 87.1 Q3-08 80.7 80.8 84.2 86.9 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 2003 83.1 83.9 85.8 87.9 Q4-08 80.7 82.1 84.7 86.8 Jul-08 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 2004 81.3 82.1 84.7 87.1 Q1-09 80.7 83.8 86.4 90.6 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.7 2005 81.0 81.4 83.7 85.9 Q2-09 80.7 83.4 86.4 90.4 Sep-08 0.0 0.3 0.0 -0.1 2006 81.0 81.2 83.9 85.6 Q3-09 80.7 82.9 86.1 90.6 Oct-08 0.0 0.6 0.1 -0.4 2007 80.9 80.9 84.1 86.1 Q4-09 80.7 83.1 86.3 90.6 Nov-08 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 2008 80.7 81.2 84.6 87.0 Q1-10 80.7 82.7 85.3 88.9 Dec-08 0.0 1.1 1.3 1.8 2009 80.7 83.3 86.2 90.4 Q2-10 80.7 82.5 84.5 87.1 Jan-09 0.0 0.7 0.6 2.2

Feb-09 0.0 0.6 0.4 1.1 Mar-09 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.3 Apr-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 May-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 Jun-09 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1

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1997 95.9 96.6 97.3 92.4 Q2-07 104.0 102.6 103.8 99.8 Jan-08 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 1998 100.1 100.1 100.9 98.7 Q3-07 104.6 103.2 104.4 100.1 Feb-08 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 105.4 103.9 105.3 101.1 Mar-08 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.4 2000 100.4 99.4 97.8 96.7 Q1-08 105.7 104.4 105.8 101.3 Apr-08 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 2001 100.9 99.8 98.3 96.1 Q2-08 106.9 105.4 107.2 102.7 May-08 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 2002 102.5 101.3 100.1 98.0 Q3-08 106.9 105.0 106.4 101.4 Jun-08 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 2003 102.7 102.9 102.9 101.4 Q4-08 106.1 105.8 106.1 100.2 Jul-08 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 2004 102.0 102.0 102.8 100.9 Q1-09 106.2 107.8 108.0 103.8 Aug-08 -0.6 -0.5 -1.0 -1.3 2005 102.1 101.5 101.9 99.0 Q2-09 107.0 108.1 108.7 104.2 Sep-08 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 2006 102.6 101.6 102.2 98.3 Q3-09 107.1 107.3 108.1 104.0 Oct-08 0.0 0.5 0.1 -0.5 2007 104.1 102.6 103.9 99.5 Q4-09 107.1 107.6 108.5 104.1 Nov-08 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 2008 106.3 104.9 106.2 101.0 Q1-10 107.0 106.7 106.7 101.4 Dec-08 -0.7 0.4 0.7 1.2 2009 106.8 107.5 108.2 103.6 Q2-10 108.2 107.7 107.0 100.5 Jan-09 0.5 1.0 0.7 2.1

Feb-09 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.1 Mar-09 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.7 Apr-09 -0.1 -0.6 -0.6 -0.9 May-09 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.3 Jun-09 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 Jul-09 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8 -0.7

Aug-09 -0.3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.1 Sep-09 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Oct-09 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.1 Nov-09 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 Dec-09 -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 Jan-10 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 -1.4 Feb-10 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -1.1 Mar-10 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.2 Apr-10 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.1 May-10 0.3 0.5 0.0 -0.5 Jun-10 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.3

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1997 96.4 97.1 97.5 Q2-07 101.6 99.3 100.6 1998 99.5 99.6 100.2 Q3-07 102.2 99.7 101.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 102.6 100.1 101.6 2000 98.1 97.0 95.5 Q1-08 103.1 100.8 102.2 2001 98.8 97.6 96.2 Q2-08 103.3 100.7 102.6 2002 100.3 99.0 98.1 Q3-08 103.6 100.6 102.0 2003 100.4 100.2 100.7 Q4-08 103.9 102.4 102.8 2004 99.8 99.4 100.3 Q1-09 104.2 104.8 105.0 2005 99.6 98.3 98.9 Q2-09 104.3 104.3 105.0 2006 100.0 98.3 99.0 Q3-09 104.3 103.6 104.6 2007 101.8 99.3 100.7 Q4-09 104.1 103.6 104.6 2008 103.4 100.9 102.1 Q1-10 103.9 102.7 103.1 2009 104.1 103.8 104.6 Q2-10 103.6 102.2 101.7

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1997 101.6 101.9 102.2 Q2-07 104.6 103.3 103.9 1998 102.3 102.5 103.0 Q3-07 104.6 103.2 103.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 104.4 103.0 103.7 2000 100.2 99.5 98.1 Q1-08 104.0 102.9 103.4 2001 101.8 101.0 99.5 Q2-08 103.6 102.1 103.0 2002 102.7 101.9 100.9 Q3-08 103.3 101.1 101.6 2003 103.3 103.1 103.3 Q4-08 103.2 102.3 101.9 2004 103.1 102.7 103.2 Q1-09 103.2 104.1 103.7 2005 103.6 102.8 103.0 Q2-09 103.3 103.3 103.5 2006 103.9 102.7 102.8 Q3-09 103.2 102.4 103.0 2007 104.5 103.1 103.7 Q4-09 103.1 102.6 103.3 2008 103.5 102.0 102.4 Q1-10 103.0 102.0 102.1 2009 103.2 103.0 103.3 Q2-10 102.8 101.8 101.1

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1997 99.1 99.9 100.9 Q2-07 102.1 99.6 101.6 1998 101.4 101.4 102.3 Q3-07 102.5 99.8 101.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 103.1 100.2 102.3 2000 99.7 98.4 97.1 Q1-08 103.7 101.1 103.2 2001 101.0 99.3 98.2 Q2-08 104.5 101.6 104.2 2002 101.4 99.9 99.4 Q3-08 105.7 102.4 104.6 2003 100.4 100.0 100.9 Q4-08 107.2 105.5 106.8 2004 101.1 100.7 102.4 Q1-09 108.6 109.3 110.6 2005 100.8 99.5 100.8 Q2-09 109.9 110.1 112.0 2006 101.1 99.5 100.9 Q3-09 110.6 110.1 112.4 2007 102.3 99.7 101.7 Q4-09 110.8 110.5 113.0 2008 105.3 102.4 104.5 Q1-10 110.5 109.7 111.4 2009 109.9 109.7 111.8 Q2-10 110.1 109.0 109.8

SI vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 97.1 97.6 98.4 Q2-07 93.8 92.7 94.5 1998 100.8 100.3 101.1 Q3-07 94.1 92.7 94.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.5 93.1 95.0 2000 98.4 97.4 95.9 Q1-08 94.9 93.7 95.6 2001 98.6 97.2 95.8 Q2-08 95.1 93.8 96.1 2002 95.5 94.5 93.7 Q3-08 95.0 93.5 95.6 2003 92.4 92.8 93.4 Q4-08 94.7 95.0 96.4 2004 94.1 94.7 96.2 Q1-09 94.3 96.8 98.4 2005 95.6 95.1 96.2 Q2-09 93.9 96.1 98.4 2006 94.3 93.9 95.1 Q3-09 93.7 95.4 98.1 2007 94.0 92.7 94.5 Q4-09 93.6 95.5 98.4 2008 94.9 93.8 95.7 Q1-10 93.6 95.0 97.2 2009 93.9 95.7 98.1 Q2-10 93.7 94.8 96.2

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1997 115.8 113.7 113.2 106.4 Q2-07 131.0 128.6 132.1 133.6 Jan-08 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 1998 112.5 111.1 111.2 107.8 Q3-07 131.6 129.1 132.7 134.3 Feb-08 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 132.2 129.6 133.6 135.5 Mar-08 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.6 2000 103.6 102.7 102.0 101.7 Q1-08 133.7 131.6 135.7 137.7 Apr-08 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 2001 102.0 100.6 100.3 100.1 Q2-08 140.8 138.2 143.1 145.5 May-08 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 2002 103.5 101.6 101.8 102.1 Q3-08 145.8 142.4 147.0 149.2 Jun-08 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.5 2003 106.5 106.5 107.7 108.8 Q4-08 145.6 145.1 148.3 149.8 Jul-08 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 2004 110.4 110.5 112.6 114.0 Q1-09 146.7 150.3 153.2 156.2 Aug-08 0.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.5 2005 114.5 113.2 115.3 116.6 Q2-09 146.7 149.4 152.9 155.8 Sep-08 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 2006 118.8 117.0 119.6 120.6 Q3-09 146.7 148.1 152.0 155.4 Oct-08 -0.6 0.1 -0.4 -0.6 2007 130.9 128.3 132.1 133.5 Q4-09 146.7 148.6 152.6 155.9 Nov-08 0.2 1.1 0.7 0.5 2008 141.4 139.1 143.5 145.4 Q1-10 146.7 147.7 150.7 153.4 Dec-08 0.6 2.0 2.3 2.3 2009 146.7 149.0 152.8 155.8 Q2-10 146.7 147.2 149.2 151.0 Jan-09 0.2 1.2 1.0 1.8

Feb-09 0.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 Mar-09 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 Apr-09 0.0 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 May-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 Jun-09 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.3

Aug-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 Sep-09 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 Jan-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 Feb-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.8 Mar-10 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 Apr-10 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 May-10 0.0 0.4 -0.2 -0.5 Jun-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4

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1997 100.5 102.1 102.5 99.4 Q2-07 175.9 168.8 171.4 169.2 Jan-08 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.7 1998 102.9 102.6 103.0 102.0 Q3-07 176.4 169.0 171.7 169.3 Feb-08 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 177.5 169.8 172.9 170.8 Mar-08 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.2 2000 113.9 111.8 110.7 110.1 Q1-08 181.5 173.6 176.9 174.5 Apr-08 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 2001 117.2 113.9 113.0 111.9 Q2-08 190.2 181.5 185.6 183.2 May-08 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2002 120.6 116.6 115.9 115.0 Q3-08 196.9 186.9 190.4 187.5 Jun-08 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 2003 132.1 130.1 130.5 130.0 Q4-08 198.7 192.2 194.0 189.9 Jul-08 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 2004 144.4 141.9 143.3 142.8 Q1-09 201.5 199.8 201.3 198.4 Aug-08 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 2005 150.9 146.4 147.6 146.4 Q2-09 199.6 196.4 198.6 195.6 Sep-08 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 2006 160.0 154.5 156.1 154.0 Q3-09 199.7 194.4 197.1 194.6 Oct-08 -0.2 0.5 0.0 -0.3 2007 175.9 168.4 171.3 169.0 Q4-09 199.4 194.8 197.5 194.8 Nov-08 0.9 1.7 1.3 1.1 2008 191.6 183.1 186.6 183.5 Q1-10 199.6 193.3 194.7 191.0 Dec-08 0.6 2.0 2.4 2.4 2009 199.9 196.0 198.5 195.6 Q2-10 198.5 191.7 191.7 187.1 Jan-09 1.3 2.0 1.7 2.4

Feb-09 -0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 Mar-09 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 Apr-09 -0.4 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 May-09 0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 Jun-09 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 Jul-09 0.5 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2

Aug-09 -0.6 -0.9 -0.8 -0.6 Sep-09 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 Oct-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 Nov-09 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 Dec-09 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 Jan-10 0.8 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 Feb-10 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 -1.2 Mar-10 -0.7 -0.8 -0.8 -1.0 Apr-10 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 May-10 0.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.6 Jun-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5

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1997 105.1 106.8 107.1 Q2-07 161.0 153.1 155.6 1998 105.7 105.4 105.9 Q3-07 161.8 153.6 156.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 163.4 154.7 157.6 2000 112.1 110.4 109.2 Q1-08 166.2 157.7 160.6 2001 113.3 110.4 109.5 Q2-08 175.7 166.0 169.7 2002 116.8 112.9 112.4 Q3-08 181.6 170.6 173.8 2003 124.2 122.0 122.6 Q4-08 180.1 172.6 174.1 2004 134.3 131.3 132.8 Q1-09 179.8 176.9 178.1 2005 140.5 135.7 136.9 Q2-09 178.3 174.2 176.0 2006 147.9 141.9 143.3 Q3-09 177.4 171.6 174.0 2007 161.2 152.9 155.6 Q4-09 177.3 171.9 174.4 2008 175.6 166.4 169.3 Q1-10 177.8 171.2 172.6 2009 178.0 173.3 175.5 Q2-10 178.7 171.5 171.5

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1997 121.8 122.9 123.1 Q2-07 160.0 155.5 156.9 1998 113.1 113.0 113.4 Q3-07 160.4 155.9 157.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 160.9 156.5 158.0 2000 117.4 116.2 115.1 Q1-08 162.4 158.4 159.9 2001 120.1 118.2 117.1 Q2-08 170.7 165.6 167.7 2002 123.4 120.9 120.3 Q3-08 176.0 169.4 171.0 2003 130.3 128.9 129.3 Q4-08 175.0 170.9 171.0 2004 136.6 134.5 135.5 Q1-09 175.4 175.1 175.1 2005 141.3 138.3 139.0 Q2-09 174.6 172.4 173.3 2006 146.3 142.7 143.4 Q3-09 174.0 169.9 171.5 2007 159.6 155.1 156.7 Q4-09 173.6 170.1 171.9 2008 170.8 165.8 167.3 Q1-10 173.4 169.2 170.0 2009 174.3 171.6 172.9 Q2-10 173.4 169.3 168.7

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1997 107.6 109.2 109.8 Q2-07 158.9 150.8 153.6 1998 109.0 108.5 109.1 Q3-07 158.9 150.4 153.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 159.0 150.0 153.2 2000 112.4 110.2 109.2 Q1-08 160.3 151.4 154.7 2001 111.3 107.6 106.9 Q2-08 168.8 158.8 163.0 2002 115.1 110.7 110.4 Q3-08 175.5 164.3 168.2 2003 121.2 118.5 119.3 Q4-08 176.7 168.9 171.3 2004 128.9 126.0 127.9 Q1-09 179.7 176.7 179.0 2005 138.6 133.5 135.3 Q2-09 181.1 177.2 180.3 2006 145.3 139.3 141.2 Q3-09 181.8 176.5 180.3 2007 158.3 149.7 152.8 Q4-09 181.8 177.0 181.0 2008 170.1 160.4 164.0 Q1-10 181.3 175.3 178.2 2009 181.0 176.5 179.9 Q2-10 180.5 174.0 175.5

SK vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 128.3 129.5 130.0 Q2-07 114.1 111.2 113.3 1998 116.4 113.9 114.5 Q3-07 113.1 110.0 112.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 113.0 109.7 111.9 2000 123.2 121.5 120.3 Q1-08 113.7 110.7 113.0 2001 111.7 108.6 107.4 Q2-08 118.4 115.0 118.0 2002 115.1 111.9 111.2 Q3-08 119.7 116.0 118.8 2003 112.9 111.9 112.5 Q4-08 115.5 114.6 116.4 2004 104.1 103.6 105.1 Q1-09 112.0 114.5 116.4 2005 103.8 101.8 103.0 Q2-09 108.2 110.2 112.8 2006 109.6 107.8 109.2 Q3-09 105.9 107.0 110.0 2007 113.7 110.4 112.7 Q4-09 105.0 106.6 109.7 2008 116.8 113.8 116.4 Q1-10 105.4 106.2 108.6 2009 107.7 109.3 112.1 Q2-10 106.5 106.9 108.4

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(index 1999 = 100)

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FI vs the rest of vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 101.0 101.2 100.8 91.5 Q2-07 99.9 100.8 108.5 110.4 Jan-08 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 1998 99.9 100.0 101.2 95.6 Q3-07 99.9 100.8 108.6 110.5 Feb-08 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 99.9 101.2 109.6 111.9 Mar-08 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.6 2000 100.0 98.3 95.8 95.4 Q1-08 99.9 102.0 110.6 113.2 Apr-08 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 2001 100.1 99.3 97.7 97.3 Q2-08 99.8 102.2 111.7 114.6 May-08 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 2002 100.1 99.5 99.3 99.9 Q3-08 99.8 102.1 110.9 113.4 Jun-08 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2003 100.1 101.3 104.6 107.1 Q4-08 99.8 104.2 110.2 112.2 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.2 2004 100.1 101.2 106.3 109.4 Q1-09 99.8 106.7 112.2 116.8 Aug-08 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.3 2005 100.1 101.1 105.9 108.4 Q2-09 99.8 106.1 112.5 117.0 Sep-08 0.0 0.4 -0.5 -0.4 2006 100.0 100.9 106.4 108.1 Q3-09 99.8 105.3 112.5 117.5 Oct-08 0.0 0.5 -0.8 -1.1 2007 99.9 100.7 108.1 110.0 Q4-09 99.8 105.7 112.9 117.7 Nov-08 0.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 2008 99.8 102.4 110.2 112.7 Q1-10 99.8 104.8 110.3 114.2 Dec-08 0.0 1.8 2.5 2.8 2009 99.8 105.8 111.9 116.6 Q2-10 99.8 104.1 107.6 110.2 Jan-09 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.8

Feb-09 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0.3 Mar-09 0.0 0.6 1.3 1.1 Apr-09 0.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.9 May-09 0.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.1 Jun-09 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7 Jul-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.1

Aug-09 0.0 -0.7 -0.5 -0.3 Sep-09 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 Oct-09 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 Nov-09 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 Dec-09 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.3 Jan-10 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.4 Feb-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.3 -1.6 Mar-10 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.8 Apr-10 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 May-10 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.8 Jun-10 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -1.0

FI vs the rest of vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 100.8 101.9 103.1 98.1 Q2-07 95.6 96.5 101.9 97.7 Jan-08 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.2 1998 99.8 100.2 102.1 99.8 Q3-07 95.4 96.2 101.6 97.2 Feb-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 95.0 96.2 102.1 97.8 Mar-08 0.1 0.6 1.4 1.9 2000 100.8 99.0 95.7 94.8 Q1-08 96.0 97.8 103.9 99.2 Apr-08 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.2 2001 100.9 100.2 97.3 95.5 Q2-08 96.0 97.8 104.8 100.1 May-08 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -0.6 2002 100.7 100.2 98.6 97.2 Q3-08 96.0 97.8 103.9 98.7 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 2003 100.0 101.5 103.1 102.5 Q4-08 96.4 99.9 103.6 97.8 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 2004 98.1 99.5 102.8 102.0 Q1-09 97.2 103.1 106.2 102.1 Aug-08 0.4 0.3 -0.7 -1.0 2005 96.8 98.2 101.1 98.8 Q2-09 97.3 102.4 106.6 102.0 Sep-08 0.4 0.7 -0.2 -0.1 2006 96.1 97.2 100.5 96.8 Q3-09 97.6 101.7 106.4 102.1 Oct-08 0.1 0.5 -0.7 -1.1 2007 95.5 96.3 101.4 97.0 Q4-09 97.2 101.7 106.4 101.9 Nov-08 0.0 0.9 0.0 -0.4 2008 96.1 98.2 103.5 98.4 Q1-10 97.8 101.2 104.3 98.9 Dec-08 -0.3 1.6 2.4 2.7 2009 97.3 102.0 105.9 101.4 Q2-10 97.5 100.2 101.6 95.3 Jan-09 1.0 1.3 0.6 2.1

Feb-09 0.0 0.3 -0.2 0.4 Mar-09 0.1 0.7 1.4 1.0 Apr-09 -0.1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.9 May-09 -0.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 Jun-09 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.9 Jul-09 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.5

Aug-09 0.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.1 Sep-09 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 Oct-09 -0.7 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 Nov-09 0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 Dec-09 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 Jan-10 0.8 0.0 -0.8 -1.4 Feb-10 -0.1 -0.5 -1.3 -1.8 Mar-10 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.7 Apr-10 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 May-10 -0.3 -0.3 -1.6 -2.1 Jun-10 0.3 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8

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FI vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 99.3 100.5 101.2 Q2-07 95.7 94.7 100.0 1998 100.0 100.6 102.5 Q3-07 95.9 94.6 99.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 95.7 94.7 100.5 2000 101.2 99.2 95.7 Q1-08 95.5 95.0 100.7 2001 101.8 100.7 97.7 Q2-08 95.1 94.7 101.2 2002 100.6 99.5 98.3 Q3-08 94.8 94.3 100.1 2003 97.9 98.5 100.6 Q4-08 94.6 96.0 99.2 2004 96.8 97.0 100.5 Q1-09 94.5 98.2 101.0 2005 95.5 95.5 98.4 Q2-09 94.5 97.6 101.4 2006 94.7 94.2 97.4 Q3-09 94.6 96.9 101.4 2007 95.7 94.5 99.4 Q4-09 94.8 97.3 101.9 2008 95.0 94.9 99.7 Q1-10 95.0 96.7 99.7 2009 94.6 97.3 100.8 Q2-10 95.2 96.1 97.3

FI vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 106.4 106.5 107.0 Q2-07 92.8 92.5 95.3 1998 104.7 105.1 106.8 Q3-07 92.3 91.9 94.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 91.5 91.2 94.0 2000 99.6 98.0 94.8 Q1-08 90.6 90.6 93.2 2001 97.4 96.7 93.7 Q2-08 89.5 89.4 92.6 2002 95.2 94.6 93.1 Q3-08 88.5 88.0 90.7 2003 95.0 95.5 96.8 Q4-08 87.7 88.6 89.2 2004 93.9 94.2 96.3 Q1-09 87.1 89.8 90.3 2005 93.0 93.2 94.4 Q2-09 86.7 88.5 90.4 2006 92.8 92.7 93.7 Q3-09 86.4 87.5 90.3 2007 92.4 92.0 94.3 Q4-09 86.4 87.8 90.8 2008 89.1 89.0 91.0 Q1-10 86.5 87.4 89.0 2009 86.6 88.3 90.1 Q2-10 86.7 87.1 87.1

FI vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 100.6 102.2 103.7 Q2-07 97.4 95.1 101.5 1998 100.3 100.6 102.6 Q3-07 97.5 95.0 101.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 97.9 95.6 102.5 2000 99.4 96.9 93.9 Q1-08 98.5 96.8 103.8 2001 100.6 98.4 96.1 Q2-08 99.2 97.6 105.6 2002 99.2 97.3 96.8 Q3-08 100.1 98.5 106.0 2003 97.9 97.9 100.9 Q4-08 101.1 101.5 106.7 2004 97.2 97.0 101.7 Q1-09 102.1 105.0 110.0 2005 98.4 97.8 102.1 Q2-09 102.8 105.2 111.6 2006 98.1 96.9 101.4 Q3-09 103.3 104.9 112.2 2007 97.6 95.2 101.2 Q4-09 103.3 105.4 112.8 2008 99.7 98.4 104.9 Q1-10 103.1 104.4 110.1 2009 102.9 105.0 111.0 Q2-10 102.8 103.3 107.0

FI vs the rest of vs the rest ofEA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 105.2 106.3 119.9 Q2-07 78.5 78.6 84.2 1998 104.0 103.4 115.0 Q3-07 77.8 77.6 83.0 1999 100.0 100.0 107.7 Q4-07 77.1 77.0 82.8 2000 94.9 92.9 105.5 Q1-08 76.6 77.1 82.9 2001 96.0 94.3 100.0 Q2-08 76.6 77.3 83.8 2002 90.3 89.4 89.9 Q3-08 77.2 78.0 84.4 2003 87.7 88.8 91.3 Q4-08 78.4 81.0 85.8 2004 86.9 88.4 88.4 Q1-09 79.8 84.7 89.9 2005 87.8 88.8 91.1 Q2-09 81.1 85.8 92.5 2006 82.4 83.5 92.7 Q3-09 82.0 86.1 93.9 2007 78.2 78.2 92.6 Q4-09 82.1 86.7 94.7 2008 77.2 78.2 87.4 Q1-10 81.9 85.8 92.2 2009 81.3 85.7 83.4 Q2-10 81.4 84.6 89.1

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(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100)

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SEEA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 101.8 102.0 101.6 97.5 Q2-07 95.1 95.3 102.9 103.8 Jan-08 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 1998 99.5 99.5 100.9 98.3 Q3-07 95.1 95.3 102.8 103.8 Feb-08 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.7 95.3 103.5 104.7 Mar-08 -0.4 -0.1 0.7 1.1 2000 104.4 103.0 100.0 99.7 Q1-08 93.7 95.0 103.3 104.7 Apr-08 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.9 2001 95.3 94.2 92.4 92.1 Q2-08 94.1 95.7 105.0 106.4 May-08 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 2002 96.3 95.4 94.6 94.9 Q3-08 92.9 94.4 103.0 104.1 Jun-08 -0.7 -0.8 -0.5 -0.7 2003 96.6 97.5 100.5 101.8 Q4-08 86.0 88.4 94.7 95.9 Jul-08 -0.9 -1.1 -0.7 -0.7 2004 96.6 97.3 102.6 104.3 Q1-09 80.4 84.3 89.7 91.4 Aug-08 0.6 0.7 -0.3 -0.6 2005 95.0 95.4 100.1 101.4 Q2-09 81.6 85.1 91.3 92.9 Sep-08 -1.7 -1.5 -2.2 -2.1 2006 95.2 95.6 100.9 101.7 Q3-09 84.5 87.7 94.7 96.6 Oct-08 -3.0 -2.8 -3.6 -3.6 2007 95.2 95.4 102.6 103.5 Q4-09 85.0 88.6 95.5 97.4 Nov-08 -2.7 -1.9 -2.8 -2.9 2008 91.6 93.2 100.8 102.0 Q1-10 88.4 91.8 97.3 98.8 Dec-08 -5.7 -4.5 -3.5 -2.9 2009 82.9 86.3 92.2 93.9 Q2-10 91.3 94.4 98.2 99.1 Jan-09 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.3

Feb-09 -1.7 -1.7 -2.5 -2.3 Mar-09 -2.5 -2.1 -1.4 -1.5 Apr-09 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.2 May-09 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.0 Jun-09 -2.7 -3.0 -2.3 -2.2 Jul-09 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4

Aug-09 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.8 Sep-09 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 Oct-09 -1.1 -0.7 -0.9 -1.0 Nov-09 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3 Dec-09 -0.7 -0.7 -1.1 -1.2 Jan-10 2.1 1.8 1.1 0.9 Feb-10 2.5 2.3 1.4 1.2 Mar-10 2.3 2.5 2.0 1.8 Apr-10 0.7 0.3 0.1 -0.1 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -1.6 Jun-10 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.0

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1997 102.6 103.9 105.0 102.5 Q2-07 91.6 91.6 97.3 96.2 Jan-08 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 1998 100.2 100.5 102.6 101.3 Q3-07 91.4 91.4 97.1 95.8 Feb-08 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 91.4 91.6 98.0 96.8 Mar-08 -0.4 0.1 0.9 1.3 2000 103.3 101.9 98.2 97.7 Q1-08 90.4 91.2 97.7 96.4 Apr-08 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.9 2001 94.4 93.3 90.3 89.7 Q2-08 90.8 91.9 99.1 97.9 May-08 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1 2002 95.1 94.3 92.4 92.1 Q3-08 89.5 90.3 96.8 95.3 Jun-08 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 -0.8 2003 95.9 96.8 98.5 98.8 Q4-08 83.2 84.9 89.6 88.1 Jul-08 -1.3 -1.5 -1.3 -1.4 2004 95.0 95.8 99.6 100.0 Q1-09 78.3 81.2 85.2 84.3 Aug-08 0.8 0.8 -0.2 -0.4 2005 92.4 92.8 96.0 95.7 Q2-09 79.8 82.3 87.0 85.9 Sep-08 -0.9 -0.8 -1.5 -1.4 2006 92.1 92.4 96.0 95.0 Q3-09 83.1 85.2 90.4 89.4 Oct-08 -3.1 -3.0 -3.7 -3.8 2007 91.7 91.7 97.2 95.9 Q4-09 83.9 86.4 91.5 90.4 Nov-08 -2.7 -2.0 -2.7 -2.9 2008 88.4 89.4 95.2 93.8 Q1-10 87.5 89.6 93.2 91.6 Dec-08 -5.8 -4.5 -3.4 -2.8 2009 81.2 83.7 88.0 86.9 Q2-10 89.8 91.5 93.6 91.4 Jan-09 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.4

Feb-09 -1.8 -1.8 -2.5 -2.3 Mar-09 -2.2 -1.8 -1.2 -1.3 Apr-09 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.2 May-09 3.2 2.8 3.2 3.2 Jun-09 -2.6 -3.0 -2.4 -2.3 Jul-09 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5

Aug-09 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 Sep-09 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 Oct-09 -0.9 -0.5 -0.7 -0.8 Nov-09 -0.2 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 Dec-09 -0.8 -0.8 -1.1 -1.1 Jan-10 2.6 2.0 1.1 0.8 Feb-10 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.2 Mar-10 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.5 Apr-10 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 May-10 0.0 -0.1 -1.3 -1.6 Jun-10 0.9 0.5 0.0 -0.1

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1997 103.0 104.3 105.0 Q2-07 92.8 91.1 95.5 1998 99.6 100.1 102.3 Q3-07 93.0 91.2 95.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 93.0 91.5 96.1 2000 104.2 102.6 98.1 Q1-08 92.3 91.3 95.9 2001 94.9 93.6 90.1 Q2-08 93.0 92.2 97.3 2002 95.2 93.8 91.9 Q3-08 92.0 91.0 95.6 2003 95.7 95.8 97.5 Q4-08 85.3 85.4 88.2 2004 94.4 94.0 97.4 Q1-09 79.9 81.5 83.8 2005 92.1 91.2 93.5 Q2-09 81.3 82.4 85.6 2006 92.4 91.1 93.4 Q3-09 84.4 85.2 89.1 2007 93.0 91.3 95.3 Q4-09 85.3 86.4 90.2 2008 90.6 89.8 93.6 Q1-10 89.1 89.8 92.2 2009 82.7 83.7 86.7 Q2-10 92.5 92.8 93.4

SE vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 103.4 103.9 104.4 Q2-07 94.2 93.3 94.1 1998 100.1 100.6 102.8 Q3-07 94.3 93.2 93.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.1 93.1 93.6 2000 102.9 101.6 96.9 Q1-08 93.4 92.7 92.8 2001 95.6 94.5 90.5 Q2-08 94.4 93.6 94.1 2002 95.5 94.5 92.2 Q3-08 94.2 92.9 93.0 2003 95.3 95.3 96.1 Q4-08 88.4 88.0 87.0 2004 94.1 93.8 95.2 Q1-09 83.9 84.8 83.9 2005 93.2 92.6 92.3 Q2-09 86.0 86.3 86.7 2006 93.9 93.1 92.2 Q3-09 89.2 89.2 90.6 2007 94.3 93.3 93.7 Q4-09 89.2 89.6 91.0 2008 92.6 91.7 91.4 Q1-10 91.8 91.8 91.8 2009 87.0 87.4 87.8 Q2-10 93.7 93.3 91.4

SE vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 104.2 106.3 108.0 Q2-07 98.4 95.9 101.8 1998 101.7 102.1 104.4 Q3-07 98.8 96.1 102.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 98.4 96.0 102.3 2000 108.4 106.5 102.8 Q1-08 96.9 95.1 101.5 2001 101.6 99.6 96.8 Q2-08 96.9 95.3 102.5 2002 101.0 99.2 97.9 Q3-08 95.3 93.6 100.4 2003 100.1 99.9 102.8 Q4-08 88.2 87.7 92.6 2004 98.6 98.1 103.2 Q1-09 82.7 83.7 88.1 2005 96.0 94.9 99.2 Q2-09 84.1 84.8 90.1 2006 95.3 93.7 97.7 Q3-09 87.3 87.6 93.9 2007 98.4 95.8 101.3 Q4-09 87.9 88.7 94.8 2008 94.3 92.7 98.5 Q1-10 91.4 91.8 96.6 2009 85.5 86.1 91.1 Q2-10 94.4 94.5 97.5

SE vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 113.7 116.5 118.1 Q2-07 84.8 82.8 88.4 1998 108.0 108.4 110.7 Q3-07 86.1 83.9 89.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 86.6 84.7 90.6 2000 106.3 104.5 100.5 Q1-08 86.0 84.6 90.6 2001 103.0 101.3 97.3 Q2-08 86.1 84.9 91.8 2002 97.4 95.8 93.8 Q3-08 84.1 83.0 89.6 2003 94.3 94.4 96.6 Q4-08 76.8 76.8 82.0 2004 88.6 88.7 93.4 Q1-09 70.8 72.2 77.2 2005 85.9 85.0 88.9 Q2-09 70.9 72.1 78.3 2006 81.6 80.4 84.0 Q3-09 72.8 73.8 81.0 2007 85.3 83.3 88.4 Q4-09 73.1 74.5 81.7 2008 83.2 82.2 87.8 Q1-10 76.2 77.3 83.3 2009 71.9 73.0 79.0 Q2-10 79.2 79.9 84.4

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1997 95.1 94.6 94.9 92.4 Q2-07 97.1 97.2 106.4 106.7 Jan-08 -3.6 -3.5 -3.5 -3.9 1998 98.0 97.8 99.5 98.2 Q3-07 96.8 96.9 106.4 106.7 Feb-08 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 93.0 93.0 103.2 103.9 Mar-08 -3.1 -3.1 -1.8 -1.4 2000 108.2 107.9 103.1 102.7 Q1-08 87.0 87.0 97.1 97.8 Apr-08 -2.5 -2.6 -1.9 -1.9 2001 106.0 106.2 102.1 101.9 Q2-08 83.1 83.0 93.9 94.7 May-08 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 2002 104.9 105.0 103.1 103.3 Q3-08 82.8 82.6 92.7 93.2 Jun-08 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2003 95.3 95.7 99.0 99.9 Q4-08 78.5 78.9 85.2 86.2 Jul-08 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0.1 2004 97.2 97.6 103.4 104.8 Q1-09 72.5 73.5 79.0 80.0 Aug-08 0.0 0.1 -1.3 -1.6 2005 96.4 96.7 102.2 103.1 Q2-09 74.9 75.8 82.4 83.4 Sep-08 -0.8 -0.6 -1.9 -1.8 2006 96.7 96.9 103.2 103.5 Q3-09 75.5 76.2 83.8 85.0 Oct-08 1.6 1.9 -0.1 -0.1 2007 96.3 96.3 105.2 105.7 Q4-09 72.8 73.4 81.0 82.2 Nov-08 -5.3 -5.1 -6.3 -6.4 2008 82.8 82.8 91.7 92.5 Q1-10 74.2 74.7 80.7 81.5 Dec-08 -8.0 -7.6 -6.4 -4.5 2009 73.9 74.7 81.1 82.3 Q2-10 77.2 77.6 81.6 82.0 Jan-09 -1.7 -1.5 -2.1 -3.2

Feb-09 3.5 3.9 2.9 3.0 Mar-09 -3.5 -3.5 -2.5 -2.5 Apr-09 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.1 May-09 1.5 1.3 2.0 2.0 Jun-09 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 Jul-09 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5

Aug-09 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 Sep-09 -3.2 -3.2 -2.9 -2.8 Oct-09 -2.7 -2.6 -2.4 -2.4 Nov-09 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 Dec-09 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.7 Jan-10 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.7 Feb-10 0.8 0.7 -0.6 -0.8 Mar-10 -2.8 -3.0 -3.3 -3.5 Apr-10 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.4 May-10 2.0 2.2 0.2 -0.1 Jun-10 3.6 3.6 2.5 2.5

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1997 94.6 94.7 96.7 95.1 Q2-07 92.7 92.2 99.2 98.0 Jan-08 -3.8 -3.9 -4.1 -4.6 1998 97.9 97.9 100.5 99.7 Q3-07 92.2 91.7 98.9 97.6 Feb-08 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 88.5 87.9 95.9 94.9 Mar-08 -3.6 -3.6 -2.3 -1.8 2000 106.6 106.1 100.9 100.5 Q1-08 82.5 81.9 89.9 88.8 Apr-08 -1.9 -2.0 -1.4 -1.5 2001 103.1 102.9 98.1 97.6 Q2-08 79.2 78.5 87.2 86.2 May-08 0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 2002 101.0 100.6 98.0 97.7 Q3-08 79.7 78.8 86.6 85.3 Jun-08 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 2003 91.2 91.1 93.2 93.5 Q4-08 75.9 75.6 80.3 79.6 Jul-08 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 2004 92.3 92.2 96.6 97.0 Q1-09 70.2 70.5 74.5 73.8 Aug-08 0.7 0.8 -0.6 -0.8 2005 91.5 91.3 95.2 95.0 Q2-09 72.8 72.9 78.0 77.1 Sep-08 -0.4 -0.3 -1.5 -1.3 2006 92.0 91.6 96.1 95.2 Q3-09 74.2 74.0 79.8 79.0 Oct-08 1.4 1.7 -0.2 -0.2 2007 91.8 91.3 98.0 96.9 Q4-09 71.7 71.5 77.5 76.8 Nov-08 -4.9 -4.7 -5.7 -5.9 2008 79.3 78.6 85.5 84.5 Q1-10 73.7 73.2 77.6 76.4 Dec-08 -8.2 -7.8 -6.3 -4.5 2009 72.2 72.2 77.1 76.3 Q2-10 76.8 76.2 78.8 77.1 Jan-09 -1.7 -1.6 -2.4 -3.7

Feb-09 3.8 4.1 3.3 3.4 Mar-09 -3.6 -3.6 -2.6 -2.7 Apr-09 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.1 May-09 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.5 Jun-09 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.3 Jul-09 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3

Aug-09 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 Sep-09 -3.0 -3.1 -2.8 -2.7 Oct-09 -2.6 -2.5 -2.3 -2.4 Nov-09 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 Dec-09 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 Jan-10 2.4 2.2 1.0 0.7 Feb-10 0.7 0.6 -0.6 -0.8 Mar-10 -3.1 -3.2 -3.4 -3.5 Apr-10 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.8 May-10 2.1 2.2 0.2 0.0 Jun-10 3.8 3.8 2.8 2.7

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1997 93.7 93.8 95.1 Q2-07 100.2 99.2 106.8 1998 97.0 97.0 99.5 Q3-07 100.2 99.2 106.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 96.5 95.4 103.9 2000 107.7 107.2 101.8 Q1-08 90.5 89.5 97.9 2001 105.1 104.8 100.1 Q2-08 86.7 85.5 94.8 2002 104.6 104.2 101.9 Q3-08 86.6 85.3 93.7 2003 96.0 95.8 98.6 Q4-08 82.2 81.5 86.2 2004 98.7 98.4 103.3 Q1-09 75.9 75.9 80.0 2005 98.1 97.6 101.8 Q2-09 78.5 78.3 83.5 2006 99.3 98.6 103.2 Q3-09 79.4 79.0 85.1 2007 99.5 98.5 105.7 Q4-09 76.9 76.4 82.7 2008 86.5 85.3 92.6 Q1-10 78.9 78.1 82.9 2009 77.7 77.3 82.4 Q2-10 82.5 81.6 84.2

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1997 98.5 98.5 99.4 Q2-07 93.9 93.2 98.3 1998 97.2 97.2 99.2 Q3-07 94.8 94.1 99.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 93.1 92.4 98.0 2000 106.0 105.6 101.0 Q1-08 89.7 89.0 94.6 2001 102.5 102.3 98.1 Q2-08 88.4 87.4 94.0 2002 102.2 102.0 99.9 Q3-08 90.4 89.3 95.2 2003 95.8 95.7 97.9 Q4-08 87.5 86.9 89.5 2004 96.5 96.3 99.8 Q1-09 81.9 82.0 84.4 2005 94.5 94.1 96.8 Q2-09 85.4 85.3 89.3 2006 95.0 94.4 97.2 Q3-09 86.6 86.2 91.5 2007 94.3 93.5 98.2 Q4-09 83.6 83.2 88.9 2008 89.1 88.2 92.9 Q1-10 85.3 84.7 88.7 2009 84.4 84.2 88.2 Q2-10 88.6 88.0 89.6

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1997 91.1 91.2 93.6 Q2-07 104.7 103.5 112.1 1998 96.8 96.6 99.3 Q3-07 104.5 103.1 112.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 100.1 98.7 108.3 2000 109.8 109.2 103.8 Q1-08 93.3 91.9 101.5 2001 108.6 107.9 103.2 Q2-08 88.9 87.3 98.0 2002 106.9 106.2 104.3 Q3-08 88.6 86.9 96.9 2003 98.0 97.6 101.1 Q4-08 84.1 83.2 89.6 2004 101.0 100.7 106.7 Q1-09 78.0 77.8 83.7 2005 101.1 100.5 106.1 Q2-09 80.9 80.6 88.0 2006 102.6 101.9 107.6 Q3-09 81.9 81.4 90.0 2007 103.7 102.4 110.6 Q4-09 79.1 78.6 87.4 2008 88.7 87.2 95.9 Q1-10 80.9 80.1 87.2 2009 80.0 79.5 86.8 Q2-10 84.2 83.3 88.2

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1997 87.9 87.5 89.8 Q2-07 101.9 101.4 111.1 1998 96.6 96.1 98.8 Q3-07 101.8 101.2 111.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 97.5 96.7 107.1 2000 109.5 108.9 103.6 Q1-08 90.8 90.1 100.3 2001 106.5 105.8 100.5 Q2-08 86.5 85.7 96.9 2002 105.7 105.3 103.1 Q3-08 86.5 85.6 96.4 2003 95.8 95.8 98.9 Q4-08 82.5 82.4 90.1 2004 96.6 96.8 103.2 Q1-09 76.9 77.6 85.3 2005 98.1 98.0 103.7 Q2-09 80.1 80.9 90.7 2006 99.4 99.5 105.9 Q3-09 81.4 82.0 93.3 2007 100.9 100.4 109.5 Q4-09 78.7 79.3 90.8 2008 86.5 85.9 95.4 Q1-10 80.4 80.8 90.5 2009 79.3 79.9 89.5 Q2-10 83.6 83.8 91.2

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1997 94.1 94.6 94.0 90.2 Q2-07 79.1 79.6 87.8 88.4 Jan-08 -1.0 -0.5 -0.8 -0.6 1998 95.8 96.0 100.1 98.1 Q3-07 77.6 78.1 85.7 86.5 Feb-08 -0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 73.5 74.5 82.0 83.1 Mar-08 -5.0 -4.6 -3.1 -2.2 2000 115.6 113.7 104.8 103.8 Q1-08 71.1 72.7 80.4 81.8 Apr-08 -1.4 -1.2 -0.1 -0.2 2001 119.1 118.2 110.6 110.0 Q2-08 68.2 70.1 78.7 80.4 May-08 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.2 2002 113.0 112.3 109.6 110.0 Q3-08 70.9 72.9 81.1 82.2 Jun-08 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 2003 94.4 95.4 99.7 102.0 Q4-08 81.0 84.4 91.4 93.7 Jul-08 -1.4 -1.4 -0.9 -1.0 2004 85.8 86.5 93.2 96.4 Q1-09 81.8 86.7 94.0 96.4 Aug-08 5.3 5.4 3.8 3.1 2005 85.7 86.5 91.4 93.4 Q2-09 78.3 82.5 89.8 91.9 Sep-08 4.2 4.4 2.6 3.0 2006 85.0 85.6 90.7 91.5 Q3-09 74.5 78.2 85.6 88.0 Oct-08 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.4 2007 77.8 78.4 86.1 86.9 Q4-09 72.1 76.0 82.8 85.3 Nov-08 4.5 5.5 3.3 3.2 2008 72.7 74.7 82.5 84.1 Q1-10 77.0 80.8 84.7 86.6 Dec-08 -5.1 -3.7 -2.1 -0.4 2009 76.6 80.6 87.6 90.0 Q2-10 83.8 87.4 87.5 88.6 Jan-09 1.4 1.8 0.9 0.2

Feb-09 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.8 Mar-09 -2.0 -1.4 0.6 0.3 Apr-09 -1.1 -1.7 -2.6 -2.9 May-09 -3.4 -3.7 -3.9 -3.7 Jun-09 -2.6 -3.0 -1.9 -1.7 Jul-09 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.4

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1997 92.8 93.8 96.4 93.4 Q2-07 83.3 84.2 91.5 89.9 Jan-08 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 1998 94.8 95.2 101.1 99.5 Q3-07 81.8 82.8 89.5 87.7 Feb-08 -0.5 -0.5 -0.8 -1.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 77.3 78.6 85.5 84.1 Mar-08 -5.0 -4.5 -2.9 -1.8 2000 116.9 115.2 105.2 104.1 Q1-08 75.0 77.0 84.2 82.9 Apr-08 -1.0 -0.9 0.1 -0.1 2001 120.9 120.3 111.2 110.1 Q2-08 72.5 74.7 83.0 82.0 May-08 1.5 1.4 0.5 0.5 2002 114.1 113.8 109.5 109.2 Q3-08 75.9 78.2 85.8 84.0 Jun-08 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.7 2003 95.6 97.0 99.7 100.9 Q4-08 84.6 88.1 94.2 93.3 Jul-08 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6 -0.8 2004 87.4 88.6 93.9 95.5 Q1-09 85.5 90.5 96.6 95.6 Aug-08 5.0 4.9 3.2 2.7 2005 88.5 89.7 93.3 93.4 Q2-09 82.0 86.3 92.7 91.4 Sep-08 3.9 4.1 2.3 2.8 2006 88.7 89.8 93.6 92.4 Q3-09 78.8 82.4 88.9 88.0 Oct-08 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.4 2007 81.8 82.8 89.6 87.9 Q4-09 76.1 80.0 85.9 85.1 Nov-08 3.0 3.9 1.6 1.4 2008 76.9 79.3 86.4 85.0 Q1-10 81.5 85.1 87.7 86.1 Dec-08 -6.0 -4.6 -2.9 -1.2 2009 80.5 84.6 90.6 89.5 Q2-10 88.2 91.5 90.5 87.9 Jan-09 2.7 3.0 1.7 0.8

Feb-09 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9 Mar-09 -2.0 -1.4 0.6 0.3 Apr-09 -1.2 -1.7 -2.5 -2.8 May-09 -3.1 -3.5 -3.8 -3.6 Jun-09 -2.0 -2.3 -1.2 -0.9 Jul-09 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6

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1997 94.1 95.2 96.8 Q2-07 82.9 82.5 88.2 1998 95.3 95.8 101.5 Q3-07 81.3 80.9 86.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 77.2 77.1 82.0 2000 116.4 114.5 103.7 Q1-08 74.6 75.2 80.1 2001 119.8 118.7 109.5 Q2-08 71.6 72.5 78.3 2002 112.8 111.8 107.9 Q3-08 74.5 75.3 80.6 2003 94.3 94.9 97.5 Q4-08 85.1 87.2 91.1 2004 86.7 86.9 91.3 Q1-09 86.0 89.7 93.9 2005 88.0 88.1 90.6 Q2-09 82.3 85.3 90.0 2006 88.5 88.3 90.6 Q3-09 78.3 80.8 85.8 2007 81.6 81.2 86.3 Q4-09 75.8 78.5 82.8 2008 76.3 77.2 82.0 Q1-10 80.8 83.3 84.4 2009 80.5 83.4 87.6 Q2-10 87.9 89.8 86.8

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1997 95.9 96.0 97.2 Q2-07 84.4 85.0 90.8 1998 95.8 96.3 100.4 Q3-07 83.5 83.9 88.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 80.0 80.6 85.1 2000 113.3 111.8 103.2 Q1-08 78.0 79.0 83.3 2001 115.3 114.8 107.3 Q2-08 75.2 76.2 81.3 2002 109.4 109.0 106.3 Q3-08 78.1 78.8 83.3 2003 94.5 95.2 98.4 Q4-08 88.6 90.3 93.4 2004 88.2 88.8 93.5 Q1-09 88.6 91.6 95.4 2005 89.4 90.1 92.5 Q2-09 84.0 86.1 90.9 2006 89.4 89.9 92.4 Q3-09 79.5 81.1 86.6 2007 83.5 84.0 89.2 Q4-09 76.8 78.8 84.0 2008 79.8 80.8 85.0 Q1-10 82.3 84.0 86.3 2009 82.1 84.2 88.9 Q2-10 89.9 91.3 89.7

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1997 91.7 93.4 95.1 Q2-07 83.6 82.3 88.8 1998 95.6 96.0 100.8 Q3-07 82.1 80.7 86.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 77.8 77.0 82.7 2000 118.4 115.9 105.4 Q1-08 75.0 74.9 80.7 2001 121.6 119.4 110.1 Q2-08 71.5 71.8 78.5 2002 113.2 111.5 108.4 Q3-08 73.6 73.9 80.0 2003 94.7 94.7 98.3 Q4-08 82.9 84.3 89.2 2004 86.6 86.2 92.0 Q1-09 82.5 85.3 90.6 2005 87.2 86.6 90.6 Q2-09 77.8 80.0 85.7 2006 88.7 87.8 90.9 Q3-09 73.3 75.1 81.0 2007 82.3 81.0 86.9 Q4-09 70.7 72.7 78.0 2008 75.7 76.0 81.6 Q1-10 75.5 77.2 79.6 2009 76.0 78.0 83.3 Q2-10 82.3 83.6 82.2

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1997 94.7 96.5 99.5 Q2-07 73.2 73.0 76.1 1998 96.1 96.2 102.0 Q3-07 72.0 71.7 74.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 68.5 68.6 71.0 2000 116.8 114.4 104.5 Q1-08 66.2 66.9 69.4 2001 121.3 119.4 107.8 Q2-08 63.0 64.0 67.5 2002 108.3 107.0 100.8 Q3-08 64.3 65.3 68.6 2003 91.4 92.0 93.0 Q4-08 71.4 73.6 76.1 2004 79.8 80.5 83.4 Q1-09 69.9 73.3 76.8 2005 81.5 81.8 82.8 Q2-09 65.0 67.8 72.2 2006 79.5 79.7 79.7 Q3-09 60.8 63.1 68.1 2007 72.2 72.0 74.6 Q4-09 58.4 61.0 65.5 2008 66.2 67.3 70.0 Q1-10 62.5 64.9 66.9 2009 63.4 66.1 70.2 Q2-10 68.5 70.6 69.2

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1997 88.4 88.9 89.8 87.1 Q2-07 74.4 74.7 83.6 84.8 Jan-08 3.1 3.6 3.8 3.2 1998 83.1 83.3 85.1 85.3 Q3-07 74.8 75.2 84.7 86.0 Feb-08 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 73.9 74.7 85.8 87.7 Mar-08 0.9 1.3 3.7 4.8 2000 121.8 119.9 112.0 109.9 Q1-08 76.7 78.3 91.0 92.9 Apr-08 -3.1 -2.8 -2.1 -2.1 2001 111.4 110.5 101.9 100.7 Q2-08 74.1 75.9 89.7 92.3 May-08 -0.5 -0.6 -1.4 -1.2 2002 102.6 101.9 96.6 96.3 Q3-08 74.9 76.7 89.3 91.0 Jun-08 -2.4 -2.4 -2.4 -2.7 2003 92.5 93.4 96.3 98.4 Q4-08 95.9 99.6 110.7 111.4 Jul-08 -1.3 -1.4 -0.7 -0.8 2004 90.1 90.8 97.9 101.6 Q1-09 99.4 104.9 115.6 116.4 Aug-08 3.0 3.0 0.9 -0.1 2005 88.5 89.2 95.6 97.8 Q2-09 91.3 95.9 107.0 108.2 Sep-08 6.8 7.0 5.3 5.1 2006 82.9 83.5 90.0 90.9 Q3-09 90.4 94.6 107.4 109.8 Oct-08 15.0 15.0 12.8 12.1 2007 75.1 75.5 84.7 86.1 Q4-09 91.2 95.9 109.5 112.2 Nov-08 8.1 9.0 6.7 5.9 2008 79.9 82.0 94.2 96.1 Q1-10 96.4 100.8 111.4 112.5 Dec-08 0.8 2.2 4.3 5.5 2009 93.0 97.7 109.2 111.1 Q2-10 103.2 107.4 113.8 113.2 Jan-09 2.2 2.7 1.6 1.2

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1997 90.1 91.0 93.5 91.0 Q2-07 61.2 61.8 66.2 67.4 Jan-08 3.3 3.7 3.4 2.8 1998 84.3 84.6 87.3 87.4 Q3-07 61.6 62.2 67.1 67.8 Feb-08 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 60.5 61.3 67.6 68.8 Mar-08 0.5 1.0 3.5 4.8 2000 118.3 116.7 107.8 106.1 Q1-08 62.3 63.7 70.9 71.7 Apr-08 -3.3 -3.2 -2.7 -2.7 2001 104.8 104.2 94.5 93.9 Q2-08 59.8 61.4 69.3 70.7 May-08 -0.3 -0.4 -1.3 -0.8 2002 93.6 93.3 87.0 87.4 Q3-08 60.8 62.3 69.1 69.7 Jun-08 -2.3 -2.3 -2.5 -2.9 2003 82.6 83.8 84.6 87.2 Q4-08 77.6 80.5 86.1 85.7 Jul-08 -1.1 -1.1 -0.8 -1.2 2004 78.9 79.8 84.0 87.5 Q1-09 79.7 84.1 89.0 88.6 Aug-08 3.3 3.3 1.3 0.4 2005 75.7 76.6 79.6 81.8 Q2-09 72.8 76.3 81.7 81.8 Sep-08 6.7 6.8 5.3 5.3 2006 69.7 70.5 73.2 74.3 Q3-09 72.0 75.1 81.5 82.3 Oct-08 15.0 15.0 13.2 12.2 2007 61.9 62.4 67.2 68.2 Q4-09 72.0 75.4 82.4 83.3 Nov-08 7.7 8.5 6.7 5.7 2008 64.7 66.5 73.1 73.8 Q1-10 75.8 78.8 83.1 82.8 Dec-08 0.4 1.9 4.4 5.7 2009 74.1 77.6 83.1 83.6 Q2-10 80.5 83.2 84.5 83.0 Jan-09 2.4 2.7 1.1 0.5

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1997 91.8 93.0 94.6 Q2-07 58.0 57.6 61.7 1998 85.0 85.5 87.9 Q3-07 57.9 57.4 62.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 56.8 56.6 62.2 2000 118.1 116.1 107.4 Q1-08 58.5 58.8 65.3 2001 104.1 103.0 94.0 Q2-08 56.1 56.6 63.9 2002 92.1 91.2 85.9 Q3-08 56.4 56.9 63.1 2003 80.2 80.6 82.2 Q4-08 71.9 73.4 77.8 2004 76.1 76.1 80.6 Q1-09 74.2 77.0 80.8 2005 72.6 72.5 75.6 Q2-09 67.9 70.0 74.4 2006 66.3 66.0 68.6 Q3-09 66.9 68.7 74.3 2007 58.3 57.9 62.2 Q4-09 67.1 69.2 75.4 2008 60.4 61.0 66.9 Q1-10 70.6 72.4 76.3 2009 68.9 71.1 75.7 Q2-10 75.3 76.6 77.5

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1997 95.0 95.1 96.5 Q2-07 67.7 68.1 71.6 1998 90.6 91.0 93.5 Q3-07 67.8 68.0 71.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 66.1 66.5 71.0 2000 112.5 111.0 103.6 Q1-08 67.4 68.2 73.0 2001 104.2 103.7 95.9 Q2-08 63.7 64.4 69.8 2002 95.2 94.8 90.3 Q3-08 62.8 63.2 67.4 2003 84.1 84.6 86.4 Q4-08 78.4 79.7 81.5 2004 80.3 80.7 84.4 Q1-09 79.2 81.6 83.2 2005 78.3 78.8 80.8 Q2-09 71.2 72.8 75.6 2006 74.3 74.7 76.3 Q3-09 69.2 70.4 74.9 2007 68.0 68.2 71.7 Q4-09 68.8 70.4 75.5 2008 67.8 68.5 72.3 Q1-10 72.0 73.4 76.1 2009 71.9 73.6 76.8 Q2-10 76.6 77.6 77.3

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1997 91.3 93.0 95.7 Q2-07 54.2 53.3 57.3 1998 85.6 86.0 88.4 Q3-07 54.1 53.1 57.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 53.1 52.4 57.7 2000 116.9 114.4 105.4 Q1-08 54.8 54.6 60.9 2001 102.3 100.4 91.5 Q2-08 52.7 52.7 59.8 2002 89.0 87.6 82.7 Q3-08 52.8 52.8 59.3 2003 76.0 75.8 77.7 Q4-08 67.0 67.9 73.3 2004 71.3 70.9 75.6 Q1-09 68.7 70.8 76.3 2005 68.6 68.1 71.7 Q2-09 62.5 64.0 70.3 2006 63.0 62.3 64.9 Q3-09 61.3 62.5 70.2 2007 54.6 53.7 57.8 Q4-09 61.4 62.9 71.2 2008 56.6 56.6 62.7 Q1-10 64.5 65.7 71.9 2009 63.4 64.9 71.5 Q2-10 68.8 69.7 72.9

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1997 89.0 90.8 92.1 Q2-07 57.1 56.7 63.4 1998 85.4 85.5 87.9 Q3-07 57.0 56.6 63.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 56.1 56.0 63.9 2000 116.8 114.5 106.0 Q1-08 58.1 58.4 67.3 2001 109.3 107.6 97.7 Q2-08 55.6 56.2 66.0 2002 97.1 95.8 91.6 Q3-08 55.3 55.9 65.2 2003 80.2 80.6 83.1 Q4-08 69.2 70.9 80.1 2004 74.6 75.1 81.6 Q1-09 69.7 72.8 82.8 2005 70.3 70.4 75.1 Q2-09 62.5 64.9 75.9 2006 65.7 65.8 70.5 Q3-09 60.8 62.9 75.5 2007 57.6 57.2 63.9 Q4-09 60.7 63.1 76.5 2008 59.3 60.0 68.9 Q1-10 63.9 66.1 77.3 2009 63.3 65.7 77.1 Q2-10 68.5 70.3 78.6

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1997 97.4 97.5 97.6 95.3 Q2-07 97.1 97.5 106.0 106.5 Jan-08 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1998 99.2 99.2 100.9 99.6 Q3-07 97.1 97.5 106.2 106.8 Feb-08 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 96.4 97.1 106.6 107.4 Mar-08 2.3 2.6 3.6 4.0 2000 102.8 101.7 97.9 97.5 Q1-08 100.0 101.4 111.5 112.5 Apr-08 -1.5 -1.4 -0.8 -0.9 2001 106.0 105.4 102.3 102.1 Q2-08 99.2 101.0 112.2 113.3 May-08 -1.8 -1.8 -2.2 -2.2 2002 109.2 108.6 107.6 107.9 Q3-08 99.2 100.9 111.2 111.9 Jun-08 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 2003 105.3 106.3 109.7 111.0 Q4-08 104.9 107.9 114.6 115.0 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 2004 103.7 104.5 110.1 111.9 Q1-09 106.8 111.7 117.7 119.3 Aug-08 -0.1 -0.1 -1.3 -1.6 2005 103.4 104.0 109.4 110.7 Q2-09 105.6 109.9 117.3 118.7 Sep-08 1.7 1.9 0.7 0.8 2006 101.8 102.3 108.4 109.1 Q3-09 105.2 109.1 117.4 119.2 Oct-08 5.0 5.2 3.3 3.4 2007 97.4 97.8 106.2 106.8 Q4-09 106.0 110.3 118.9 120.8 Nov-08 0.1 0.9 -0.6 -0.7 2008 100.8 102.7 111.9 112.7 Q1-10 109.2 113.2 119.9 121.2 Dec-08 -1.5 -0.3 0.3 -0.4 2009 105.9 110.2 117.4 119.0 Q2-10 113.4 117.0 121.3 121.9 Jan-09 3.1 3.5 3.0 4.5

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1997 98.7 99.6 101.3 99.6 Q2-07 88.9 89.1 95.3 94.4 Jan-08 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.5 1998 99.5 99.7 102.2 101.3 Q3-07 88.3 88.5 94.8 93.8 Feb-08 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 87.7 88.2 95.3 94.4 Mar-08 1.7 2.1 3.1 3.6 2000 102.2 101.0 96.8 96.4 Q1-08 90.7 91.7 99.3 98.2 Apr-08 -0.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.4 2001 103.9 103.2 99.4 98.9 Q2-08 90.0 91.3 99.8 98.8 May-08 -1.8 -1.9 -2.3 -2.3 2002 105.4 104.8 102.8 102.7 Q3-08 89.6 90.7 98.2 96.8 Jun-08 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 2003 100.4 101.3 103.3 103.9 Q4-08 94.6 96.9 101.3 99.6 Jul-08 -0.5 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 2004 97.7 98.4 102.4 103.1 Q1-09 95.6 99.3 103.2 102.2 Aug-08 -0.3 -0.3 -1.5 -1.7 2005 96.6 97.2 100.8 100.8 Q2-09 94.6 97.8 102.9 101.8 Sep-08 1.4 1.5 0.4 0.5 2006 94.0 94.4 98.6 97.9 Q3-09 94.3 96.9 102.7 101.8 Oct-08 5.8 5.9 4.2 4.2 2007 88.8 89.0 95.1 94.2 Q4-09 95.0 98.0 104.1 103.1 Nov-08 -0.4 0.3 -1.0 -1.2 2008 91.2 92.6 99.2 97.9 Q1-10 97.8 100.3 104.6 103.1 Dec-08 -2.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.7 2009 94.9 97.9 102.8 101.8 Q2-10 101.2 103.3 105.6 103.5 Jan-09 3.4 3.7 2.9 4.3

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1997 99.1 100.5 102.3 Q2-07 94.3 92.7 100.9 1998 99.8 100.1 102.5 Q3-07 94.4 92.7 101.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 93.8 92.3 101.4 2000 102.6 100.9 96.8 Q1-08 97.2 96.4 106.0 2001 108.2 106.5 103.1 Q2-08 96.4 95.9 106.7 2002 111.0 109.4 108.7 Q3-08 96.4 95.7 105.9 2003 105.0 104.8 108.7 Q4-08 101.9 102.4 109.5 2004 100.4 100.0 105.9 Q1-09 103.7 105.9 112.8 2005 100.4 99.6 105.2 Q2-09 102.5 104.1 112.7 2006 98.6 97.5 103.3 Q3-09 101.9 103.2 112.9 2007 94.6 92.9 100.9 Q4-09 102.4 104.0 114.2 2008 97.9 97.4 106.5 Q1-10 105.2 106.5 114.8 2009 102.6 104.2 112.6 Q2-10 109.1 109.9 115.8

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1997 97.3 98.7 100.2 Q2-07 106.9 106.1 116.4 1998 98.6 98.5 100.9 Q3-07 107.3 106.4 116.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 106.9 106.2 117.5 2000 105.2 103.6 99.4 Q1-08 110.9 111.0 122.9 2001 111.7 110.3 105.9 Q2-08 109.7 110.1 123.3 2002 115.7 114.5 113.1 Q3-08 108.6 109.1 121.7 2003 111.8 112.3 115.9 Q4-08 113.1 115.1 124.6 2004 108.8 109.3 115.9 Q1-09 113.3 117.2 127.0 2005 110.7 110.7 117.1 Q2-09 110.3 113.6 125.7 2006 110.8 110.7 117.9 Q3-09 108.7 111.6 125.1 2007 107.4 106.6 116.6 Q4-09 108.9 112.2 126.3 2008 110.6 111.2 122.5 Q1-10 112.2 115.1 127.2 2009 110.3 113.5 125.4 Q2-10 116.9 119.3 128.8

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1997 103.7 104.5 105.0 102.6 Q2-07 102.5 103.6 107.9 108.4 Jan-08 0.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1998 99.0 99.3 100.6 99.2 Q3-07 105.0 106.1 110.6 111.2 Feb-08 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 105.4 107.7 112.7 113.4 Mar-08 -0.3 0.6 1.2 1.4 2000 102.5 100.3 97.4 97.1 Q1-08 104.4 108.7 113.9 114.7 Apr-08 0.1 0.7 1.0 1.0 2001 103.3 102.3 99.5 99.3 Q2-08 104.6 110.1 116.1 117.1 May-08 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 2002 110.8 109.9 108.3 108.4 Q3-08 103.0 108.5 113.8 114.6 Jun-08 -1.6 -1.6 -1.5 -1.6 2003 104.0 105.7 107.0 107.9 Q4-08 93.0 100.1 102.6 103.5 Jul-08 -0.7 -0.7 -0.5 -0.5 2004 99.4 100.5 103.3 104.4 Q1-09 92.8 103.0 105.1 106.2 Aug-08 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 2005 103.8 105.1 107.8 108.6 Q2-09 93.9 103.2 106.1 107.1 Sep-08 -2.3 -1.9 -2.6 -2.6 2006 103.3 104.5 107.4 107.9 Q3-09 95.1 103.8 107.3 108.6 Oct-08 -5.1 -5.2 -6.2 -6.2 2007 103.6 104.8 109.1 109.7 Q4-09 98.9 109.0 112.9 114.2 Nov-08 -2.4 -0.7 -1.6 -1.7 2008 101.1 106.6 111.2 112.1 Q1-10 102.4 112.0 114.6 115.6 Dec-08 -6.3 -3.7 -3.3 -2.4 2009 95.1 104.5 107.5 108.7 Q2-10 105.0 113.3 114.4 114.9 Jan-09 2.1 2.8 2.4 1.9

Feb-09 4.9 4.2 3.9 4.0 Mar-09 -0.7 0.4 0.9 0.8 Apr-09 0.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 May-09 -0.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 Jun-09 -1.6 -2.3 -1.8 -1.7 Jul-09 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1

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1997 102.0 103.2 104.3 103.0 Q2-07 99.1 101.0 104.3 103.4 Jan-08 0.7 1.6 1.4 1.5 1998 98.1 98.5 100.1 99.4 Q3-07 101.3 103.4 106.8 105.8 Feb-08 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 101.9 105.1 109.0 108.0 Mar-08 -0.8 0.2 0.9 1.2 2000 103.3 101.3 98.1 97.7 Q1-08 101.1 106.2 110.3 109.3 Apr-08 -0.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 2001 104.2 103.7 100.3 99.8 Q2-08 100.5 106.6 111.4 110.4 May-08 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 2002 110.1 110.1 107.9 107.6 Q3-08 100.0 105.8 109.9 108.7 Jun-08 -1.8 -2.0 -1.9 -2.0 2003 103.4 105.9 106.6 106.8 Q4-08 91.2 98.5 100.2 99.3 Jul-08 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2004 97.5 99.6 101.7 102.0 Q1-09 91.3 101.6 102.9 101.9 Aug-08 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 2005 101.3 103.7 105.4 105.2 Q2-09 92.8 102.0 104.1 103.1 Sep-08 -1.0 -0.8 -1.5 -1.5 2006 101.3 103.5 105.3 104.6 Q3-09 94.3 102.7 105.3 104.4 Oct-08 -4.8 -4.8 -5.8 -5.8 2007 100.3 102.3 105.5 104.6 Q4-09 98.4 108.0 111.0 110.0 Nov-08 -2.6 -1.1 -1.8 -2.0 2008 98.1 104.1 107.6 106.5 Q1-10 103.1 111.9 113.7 112.2 Dec-08 -6.5 -3.8 -3.3 -2.3 2009 94.2 103.4 105.5 104.5 Q2-10 105.2 112.8 113.1 111.2 Jan-09 2.4 3.0 2.4 1.9

Feb-09 5.2 4.6 4.3 4.4 Mar-09 -0.8 0.2 0.7 0.6 Apr-09 0.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 May-09 0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -0.2 Jun-09 -1.1 -1.9 -1.5 -1.3 Jul-09 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4

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1997 100.7 102.0 102.7 Q2-07 130.8 130.4 135.2 1998 93.8 94.4 95.8 Q3-07 135.8 135.3 140.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 140.2 140.9 146.8 2000 116.6 114.1 110.5 Q1-08 143.3 146.5 152.8 2001 116.6 115.5 112.1 Q2-08 147.0 151.7 159.2 2002 119.8 118.8 117.0 Q3-08 145.5 150.1 156.8 2003 113.7 115.1 116.5 Q4-08 129.5 136.5 139.4 2004 112.6 113.2 116.2 Q1-09 126.3 137.2 139.5 2005 125.6 126.2 129.0 Q2-09 125.0 134.3 137.6 2006 133.4 133.5 136.5 Q3-09 125.0 133.4 137.4 2007 134.1 133.7 138.5 Q4-09 130.4 140.2 144.7 2008 141.1 145.8 151.4 Q1-10 136.6 145.4 148.4 2009 126.6 136.0 139.4 Q2-10 142.5 149.5 150.5

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1997 100.3 100.4 101.0 Q2-07 173.1 174.8 179.7 1998 88.7 89.3 90.3 Q3-07 181.6 182.8 187.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 191.5 193.7 199.5 2000 134.9 132.5 129.0 Q1-08 200.6 204.9 211.3 2001 131.9 131.3 127.7 Q2-08 209.3 214.2 222.3 2002 127.9 127.3 125.5 Q3-08 207.3 210.6 217.7 2003 124.3 125.6 126.9 Q4-08 181.4 187.2 189.5 2004 133.1 134.1 136.8 Q1-09 172.3 182.2 184.2 2005 159.5 161.3 163.8 Q2-09 165.7 172.8 176.5 2006 179.1 180.5 183.4 Q3-09 162.1 167.7 172.6 2007 179.5 180.9 185.8 Q4-09 166.8 174.3 179.7 2008 199.2 203.8 209.5 Q1-10 173.8 180.2 183.8 2009 166.6 174.0 177.9 Q2-10 181.1 185.7 186.7

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1997 94.6 96.4 97.4 Q2-07 120.3 117.9 123.0 1998 95.9 96.4 97.8 Q3-07 124.9 122.3 127.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 126.9 125.6 131.6 2000 103.3 100.4 97.3 Q1-08 127.1 128.2 134.4 2001 105.5 103.2 100.3 Q2-08 128.4 130.9 138.3 2002 114.0 111.9 110.6 Q3-08 127.0 129.6 136.4 2003 106.7 107.1 108.9 Q4-08 114.8 119.8 123.4 2004 102.2 101.9 105.2 Q1-09 114.6 123.1 126.5 2005 108.9 108.4 111.5 Q2-09 115.8 123.1 127.7 2006 114.9 113.6 116.8 Q3-09 117.1 123.6 129.2 2007 122.4 120.0 125.0 Q4-09 121.9 129.9 136.0 2008 124.2 126.8 132.6 Q1-10 126.5 133.5 138.2 2009 117.3 124.6 129.4 Q2-10 130.0 135.5 138.2

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1997 92.9 94.8 95.5 Q2-07 122.8 121.9 127.4 1998 96.7 96.7 98.1 Q3-07 126.9 125.8 131.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 128.6 128.7 135.0 2000 107.1 104.3 101.1 Q1-08 128.3 130.9 137.4 2001 109.2 107.1 103.5 Q2-08 128.9 133.0 140.6 2002 119.4 117.6 115.9 Q3-08 126.2 130.4 137.6 2003 107.2 108.3 109.8 Q4-08 112.5 118.8 123.1 2004 101.1 102.4 105.7 Q1-09 110.6 120.4 124.7 2005 108.3 108.9 111.9 Q2-09 110.3 118.8 124.6 2006 118.1 118.6 122.0 Q3-09 110.7 118.4 125.3 2007 124.7 123.8 129.3 Q4-09 114.9 124.1 131.6 2008 123.8 127.9 134.1 Q1-10 119.4 127.8 134.0 2009 111.6 120.2 126.2 Q2-10 123.3 130.2 134.5

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1997 257.7 255.7 258.4 232.0 Q2-07 24.6 24.8 25.9 26.4 Jan-08 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 1998 152.9 151.8 154.0 145.5 Q3-07 25.1 25.3 26.4 27.0 Feb-08 -1.8 -1.8 -1.8 -1.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 25.7 26.1 27.4 28.0 Mar-08 -8.7 -8.3 -7.9 -7.4 2000 77.3 76.5 74.3 74.0 Q1-08 24.6 25.2 26.4 27.1 Apr-08 -5.8 -5.7 -5.4 -5.4 2001 41.5 41.4 40.1 40.0 Q2-08 22.5 23.2 24.4 25.1 May-08 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 2002 31.3 31.2 30.6 30.8 Q3-08 24.4 25.0 26.3 26.9 Jun-08 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.9 2003 26.2 26.7 26.9 27.4 Q4-08 21.9 22.8 23.4 23.9 Jul-08 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 2004 25.1 25.5 26.0 26.7 Q1-09 20.5 21.9 22.3 23.1 Aug-08 8.3 8.3 7.6 7.2 2005 26.5 26.9 27.4 28.0 Q2-09 20.7 22.0 22.6 23.4 Sep-08 -1.0 -0.7 -1.4 -1.4 2006 24.7 25.0 25.6 26.0 Q3-09 20.7 21.8 22.6 23.5 Oct-08 -9.2 -8.9 -10.0 -10.2 2007 24.9 25.1 26.1 26.6 Q4-09 20.1 21.3 22.1 22.9 Nov-08 -3.5 -2.6 -3.5 -3.7 2008 23.3 24.0 25.0 25.6 Q1-10 21.3 22.4 23.0 23.7 Dec-08 -2.5 -1.0 -0.6 0.5 2009 20.5 21.8 22.3 23.1 Q2-10 22.7 23.8 24.1 24.6 Jan-09 -1.8 -1.0 -1.5 -1.0

Feb-09 -0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 Mar-09 -4.7 -4.3 -3.8 -4.0 Apr-09 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.3 May-09 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.2 Jun-09 -2.0 -2.2 -1.8 -1.7 Jul-09 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.5

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1997 89.8 91.0 91.9 87.4 Q2-07 130.6 129.9 135.4 132.0 Jan-08 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 1998 95.9 96.0 97.4 95.5 Q3-07 132.7 131.8 137.6 133.9 Feb-08 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -1.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 139.6 139.4 146.4 142.5 Mar-08 -8.6 -8.2 -7.7 -7.3 2000 115.8 114.2 110.8 109.7 Q1-08 136.1 137.0 144.1 140.0 Apr-08 -4.5 -4.5 -4.2 -4.3 2001 95.2 94.2 91.3 89.9 Q2-08 127.4 128.5 135.8 132.2 May-08 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.2 2002 103.0 102.1 100.2 99.0 Q3-08 138.4 139.2 146.4 141.8 Jun-08 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 2003 106.1 107.3 108.2 107.6 Q4-08 128.7 131.3 135.2 130.5 Jul-08 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 2004 109.3 110.3 112.7 112.2 Q1-09 121.9 126.8 129.9 126.7 Aug-08 8.1 8.1 7.4 7.0 2005 122.5 123.0 125.5 123.8 Q2-09 123.5 127.6 131.7 128.2 Sep-08 -0.7 -0.5 -1.1 -1.1 2006 122.0 122.1 125.0 122.1 Q3-09 124.2 127.5 132.3 129.0 Oct-08 -6.8 -6.6 -7.6 -7.9 2007 130.9 130.4 135.7 132.1 Q4-09 124.7 128.6 133.6 130.1 Nov-08 -2.2 -1.4 -2.1 -2.5 2008 131.3 132.7 138.4 134.2 Q1-10 136.6 139.7 143.6 138.5 Dec-08 -2.8 -1.3 -0.8 0.3 2009 122.4 126.5 130.1 126.7 Q2-10 145.4 148.1 150.5 143.8 Jan-09 -0.7 -0.2 -0.7 -0.5

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1997 97.6 99.0 99.7 Q2-07 112.1 109.5 114.4 1998 100.2 100.4 101.8 Q3-07 116.3 113.4 118.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 122.2 119.6 125.9 2000 113.8 112.0 108.7 Q1-08 120.1 118.5 124.8 2001 91.2 90.0 87.3 Q2-08 113.1 111.7 118.3 2002 92.0 90.8 89.4 Q3-08 124.6 122.7 129.4 2003 93.3 93.5 94.6 Q4-08 112.9 112.8 116.3 2004 98.4 98.2 100.7 Q1-09 106.3 108.6 111.4 2005 109.5 108.6 111.2 Q2-09 107.7 109.4 113.0 2006 109.5 108.0 110.8 Q3-09 108.3 109.4 113.7 2007 114.6 112.1 116.8 Q4-09 106.6 108.1 112.5 2008 117.5 116.3 121.5 Q1-10 114.3 115.1 118.6 2009 107.2 108.8 112.1 Q2-10 124.0 124.1 126.3

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1997 104.9 105.3 105.9 Q2-07 106.3 105.7 108.9 1998 100.1 100.5 101.7 Q3-07 110.0 109.2 112.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 117.1 116.4 120.6 2000 105.7 104.4 101.7 Q1-08 117.5 117.4 121.6 2001 106.5 105.7 102.9 Q2-08 113.0 112.7 117.3 2002 100.8 100.1 98.7 Q3-08 126.5 125.2 130.1 2003 94.7 95.1 96.1 Q4-08 115.4 115.5 117.5 2004 101.6 101.7 103.7 Q1-09 108.7 110.9 112.5 2005 104.8 104.9 106.5 Q2-09 109.7 110.9 113.7 2006 108.1 107.8 109.5 Q3-09 109.4 110.1 113.7 2007 109.3 108.7 111.8 Q4-09 106.9 108.0 111.8 2008 117.9 117.6 121.1 Q1-10 113.5 114.1 117.0 2009 108.6 110.0 112.6 Q2-10 122.0 122.2 123.6

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1997 76.4 78.0 78.8 Q2-07 90.0 87.4 91.7 1998 79.3 79.3 80.4 Q3-07 93.7 90.8 95.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 97.9 95.3 100.7 2000 101.5 99.5 96.5 Q1-08 95.4 93.6 98.9 2001 80.8 79.2 76.9 Q2-08 88.7 87.2 92.7 2002 76.5 75.3 74.3 Q3-08 96.6 94.7 100.5 2003 75.7 75.7 76.9 Q4-08 86.6 86.3 89.6 2004 78.8 78.6 81.0 Q1-09 81.0 82.4 85.3 2005 86.1 85.2 87.7 Q2-09 81.5 82.4 86.1 2006 84.9 83.6 86.1 Q3-09 81.4 81.9 86.2 2007 91.8 89.3 93.5 Q4-09 79.6 80.5 84.8 2008 91.7 90.3 94.9 Q1-10 84.8 85.3 89.0 2009 80.9 81.8 85.2 Q2-10 91.5 91.6 94.3

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1997 77.1 78.5 79.1 Q2-07 105.9 103.9 109.8 1998 83.0 82.6 83.7 Q3-07 110.6 108.2 114.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 116.0 113.9 121.2 2000 118.9 116.9 113.6 Q1-08 113.1 112.0 119.1 2001 90.4 88.9 85.9 Q2-08 104.8 104.1 111.5 2002 93.1 91.9 90.7 Q3-08 113.2 112.2 120.1 2003 87.9 88.5 89.7 Q4-08 100.2 101.0 106.0 2004 90.5 91.1 94.2 Q1-09 92.2 95.1 99.8 2005 99.8 99.4 102.5 Q2-09 91.5 94.0 99.8 2006 99.1 98.4 101.9 Q3-09 90.6 92.7 99.3 2007 108.2 106.2 112.0 Q4-09 88.4 90.9 97.6 2008 107.6 107.1 113.4 Q1-10 94.4 96.5 102.4 2009 90.7 93.1 98.6 Q2-10 102.4 104.0 108.9

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1997 100.9 101.6 106.3 105.4 Q2-07 107.0 107.6 133.0 132.6 Jan-08 -1.6 -1.0 -0.9 -0.2 1998 95.9 96.2 100.3 100.0 Q3-07 110.2 110.9 139.1 138.8 Feb-08 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 111.3 112.8 147.0 146.4 Mar-08 -5.0 -4.5 -0.9 -0.8 2000 115.6 113.6 101.0 100.9 Q1-08 105.3 108.0 142.9 142.7 Apr-08 -2.8 -2.4 -1.5 -1.5 2001 114.3 113.2 97.8 97.8 Q2-08 100.4 103.7 141.1 140.9 May-08 2.8 2.7 1.7 1.7 2002 107.0 106.1 96.2 96.3 Q3-08 101.2 104.5 137.9 137.5 Jun-08 -1.7 -1.8 -1.6 -1.7 2003 100.2 101.2 106.2 106.5 Q4-08 99.5 104.3 121.7 121.6 Jul-08 -1.1 -1.1 0.1 0.0 2004 98.0 98.7 112.9 113.4 Q1-09 97.6 104.3 119.0 119.1 Aug-08 1.4 1.4 -2.9 -3.0 2005 105.1 105.9 121.1 121.4 Q2-09 99.6 105.8 125.8 125.8 Sep-08 3.7 3.9 0.2 0.3 2006 111.2 112.0 129.6 129.5 Q3-09 100.8 106.6 132.3 132.4 Oct-08 -2.9 -3.0 -8.8 -8.7 2007 107.8 108.6 135.6 135.2 Q4-09 101.4 107.9 136.5 136.6 Nov-08 1.0 2.1 -2.6 -2.6 2008 101.5 105.1 135.3 135.0 Q1-10 109.9 116.3 139.7 139.6 Dec-08 -6.4 -4.8 -2.0 -2.0 2009 99.8 106.1 127.9 128.0 Q2-10 121.1 127.2 143.1 142.7 Jan-09 2.1 2.6 1.0 1.2

Feb-09 1.8 1.4 -1.0 -0.9 Mar-09 -3.2 -2.5 -1.1 -1.2 Apr-09 1.7 1.1 2.4 2.3 May-09 3.0 2.6 5.7 5.7 Jun-09 -0.3 -0.8 1.9 1.9 Jul-09 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 0.0

Aug-09 2.0 1.7 2.9 2.9 Sep-09 -1.5 -0.9 0.2 0.3 Oct-09 0.8 1.4 2.3 2.2 Nov-09 -1.2 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 Dec-09 2.7 2.7 0.9 0.9 Jan-10 3.4 3.0 1.3 1.3 Feb-10 3.0 2.7 -0.7 -0.8 Mar-10 4.1 4.5 3.3 3.2 Apr-10 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.9 May-10 3.1 2.8 -2.4 -2.5 Jun-10 3.0 2.4 0.4 0.4

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1997 100.5 101.7 107.7 106.9 Q2-07 108.9 110.1 130.2 129.5 Jan-08 -1.4 -0.8 -1.4 -0.8 1998 95.4 95.8 100.8 100.5 Q3-07 111.9 113.3 135.8 135.0 Feb-08 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 111.9 114.0 142.4 141.2 Mar-08 -5.5 -4.8 -1.4 -1.2 2000 116.2 114.4 100.5 100.4 Q1-08 105.4 108.7 137.4 136.5 Apr-08 -2.2 -1.9 -1.2 -1.3 2001 114.9 114.1 97.2 97.2 Q2-08 101.1 104.8 135.8 134.9 May-08 3.1 3.0 1.9 2.0 2002 107.6 107.1 96.1 96.3 Q3-08 102.5 106.2 132.6 131.5 Jun-08 -1.4 -1.5 -1.8 -1.9 2003 101.5 103.1 106.7 107.0 Q4-08 99.6 104.6 117.8 117.1 Jul-08 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.1 2004 99.2 100.5 112.7 113.1 Q1-09 97.9 104.7 115.4 114.8 Aug-08 1.2 1.1 -2.8 -2.9 2005 106.5 108.1 119.9 120.0 Q2-09 100.1 106.2 121.9 121.2 Sep-08 3.7 3.8 0.4 0.5 2006 112.7 114.2 127.1 126.8 Q3-09 101.7 107.3 127.6 127.0 Oct-08 -3.8 -3.9 -9.1 -8.9 2007 109.3 110.6 132.3 131.5 Q4-09 102.2 108.4 131.6 130.9 Nov-08 1.1 2.2 -1.4 -1.4 2008 102.1 106.0 130.3 129.4 Q1-10 111.2 117.1 134.7 133.7 Dec-08 -7.0 -5.3 -1.9 -1.9 2009 100.5 106.6 123.6 122.9 Q2-10 122.1 127.5 138.1 136.9 Jan-09 2.6 3.0 0.5 0.7

Feb-09 1.9 1.4 -0.7 -0.7 Mar-09 -3.2 -2.6 -1.2 -1.3 Apr-09 1.4 0.8 2.0 1.9 May-09 3.8 3.2 6.2 6.2 Jun-09 -0.1 -0.6 1.5 1.6 Jul-09 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3

Aug-09 1.5 1.3 2.7 2.7 Sep-09 -1.3 -0.8 0.2 0.2 Oct-09 0.6 1.2 2.1 2.0 Nov-09 -0.7 -1.0 -0.3 -0.3 Dec-09 2.0 2.0 0.6 0.6 Jan-10 4.5 3.8 1.4 1.3 Feb-10 2.9 2.6 -0.4 -0.5 Mar-10 3.3 3.7 2.8 2.8 Apr-10 3.2 2.6 2.2 2.1 May-10 3.3 3.0 -2.2 -2.3 Jun-10 3.0 2.3 0.4 0.4

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1997 102.2 103.6 108.1 Q2-07 113.3 112.5 135.1 1998 95.2 95.8 100.2 Q3-07 117.6 116.7 142.3 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 120.1 119.9 151.8 2000 118.8 116.6 102.9 Q1-08 114.7 115.7 148.8 2001 115.9 114.6 98.6 Q2-08 109.9 111.5 147.5 2002 107.0 105.8 96.4 Q3-08 110.3 111.9 143.3 2003 101.5 102.0 107.6 Q4-08 107.2 110.4 125.0 2004 100.9 100.8 114.9 Q1-09 103.8 108.9 120.4 2005 109.9 109.8 123.7 Q2-09 104.8 109.2 125.9 2006 117.3 116.8 131.7 Q3-09 105.8 109.8 132.1 2007 114.9 114.1 138.5 Q4-09 107.3 111.9 137.5 2008 110.4 112.3 140.4 Q1-10 117.9 122.2 142.7 2009 105.3 109.8 128.5 Q2-10 132.3 135.8 148.9

CA vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 EA16 EU27 IC36

1997 99.2 99.3 102.9 Q2-07 106.1 106.9 123.8 1998 94.4 94.9 98.5 Q3-07 111.3 111.9 130.8 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 116.0 116.9 141.1 2000 118.4 116.6 105.3 Q1-08 113.3 114.9 140.4 2001 117.4 116.7 103.5 Q2-08 110.3 112.1 140.8 2002 108.2 107.7 100.3 Q3-08 111.3 112.5 137.6 2003 101.6 102.3 107.4 Q4-08 107.2 109.5 119.7 2004 100.8 101.3 113.0 Q1-09 102.1 106.0 114.5 2005 108.9 109.7 120.5 Q2-09 101.3 104.2 118.6 2006 112.8 113.4 124.8 Q3-09 101.0 103.4 123.5 2007 108.7 109.3 127.6 Q4-09 101.6 104.7 127.8 2008 110.5 112.1 134.1 Q1-10 111.5 114.3 132.3 2009 101.5 104.5 120.7 Q2-10 125.2 127.4 137.7

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1997 101.6 103.7 110.1 Q2-07 116.0 113.8 137.6 1998 97.2 97.7 102.0 Q3-07 119.9 117.6 144.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 121.7 120.2 153.3 2000 116.8 114.1 99.7 Q1-08 115.5 115.5 149.8 2001 115.0 112.6 96.5 Q2-08 110.3 111.1 148.9 2002 106.5 104.5 95.5 Q3-08 111.0 111.9 146.5 2003 100.5 100.3 106.1 Q4-08 108.9 111.3 130.4 2004 99.7 99.1 114.1 Q1-09 106.5 110.9 128.6 2005 108.7 107.8 123.6 Q2-09 108.4 112.1 137.1 2006 118.4 117.0 133.1 Q3-09 109.7 112.9 145.2 2007 117.2 115.1 140.6 Q4-09 110.7 114.6 150.7 2008 111.4 112.4 143.3 Q1-10 120.5 124.0 154.9 2009 108.8 112.6 139.8 Q2-10 133.6 136.4 159.3

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1997 102.0 104.2 107.9 Q2-07 131.6 130.6 172.6 1998 97.5 97.8 102.0 Q3-07 136.6 135.4 181.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 139.0 138.7 192.4 2000 113.4 111.0 98.1 Q1-08 132.0 133.3 187.8 2001 117.1 115.1 98.1 Q2-08 125.6 127.9 186.4 2002 110.6 108.9 102.1 Q3-08 125.3 127.6 183.0 2003 107.4 107.9 116.1 Q4-08 121.1 125.2 162.6 2004 107.6 108.3 130.9 Q1-09 116.6 122.9 160.1 2005 119.6 119.8 143.1 Q2-09 117.1 122.6 170.5 2006 132.8 132.9 162.4 Q3-09 117.5 122.5 180.4 2007 133.2 132.3 176.3 Q4-09 118.2 124.0 187.2 2008 125.9 128.5 179.1 Q1-10 129.0 134.5 192.4 2009 117.4 123.0 173.7 Q2-10 143.7 148.6 197.9

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1997 108.3 108.9 112.2 108.5 Q2-07 101.9 102.5 120.6 118.7 Jan-08 0.1 0.6 -0.6 -0.1 1998 93.3 93.5 100.2 100.0 Q3-07 101.8 102.4 120.7 119.0 Feb-08 3.3 3.4 3.0 2.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 101.3 102.7 122.5 121.4 Mar-08 -3.6 -3.2 -2.3 -1.0 2000 104.0 102.3 93.2 92.3 Q1-08 99.9 102.2 120.6 120.5 Apr-08 -1.0 -0.7 0.8 0.6 2001 95.4 94.6 88.5 87.8 Q2-08 99.8 102.7 123.9 124.4 May-08 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 2002 95.2 94.6 92.2 91.5 Q3-08 97.4 100.2 119.7 119.3 Jun-08 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.6 2003 95.1 96.2 100.3 101.4 Q4-08 84.2 87.8 93.3 94.8 Jul-08 -0.3 -0.3 0.6 0.5 2004 97.9 98.6 105.9 108.3 Q1-09 84.0 89.1 92.9 95.0 Aug-08 -3.4 -3.4 -5.5 -6.0 2005 101.3 102.1 109.6 110.6 Q2-09 92.1 97.1 105.0 106.5 Sep-08 -3.3 -3.1 -6.3 -5.7 2006 99.2 99.9 110.8 109.7 Q3-09 96.2 101.1 110.7 113.1 Oct-08 -9.4 -9.4 -14.8 -13.8 2007 101.0 101.8 119.1 117.5 Q4-09 101.6 107.4 117.2 120.1 Nov-08 -0.1 0.9 -3.1 -2.9 2008 95.1 98.0 113.0 113.5 Q1-10 107.9 113.4 119.5 121.2 Dec-08 -3.5 -2.0 -1.5 -0.7 2009 93.3 98.4 105.5 107.7 Q2-10 114.6 119.7 120.6 121.0 Jan-09 2.3 2.7 1.3 1.5

Feb-09 -0.4 -0.7 -1.5 -1.6 Mar-09 0.6 1.2 4.1 3.7 Apr-09 5.9 5.4 6.2 5.5 May-09 3.8 3.4 4.6 4.7 Jun-09 2.1 1.7 3.3 3.8 Jul-09 -0.2 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4

Aug-09 2.5 2.3 3.0 3.0 Sep-09 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.4 Oct-09 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.9 Nov-09 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 Dec-09 0.2 0.3 -0.8 -1.0 Jan-10 3.6 3.2 2.3 1.7 Feb-10 1.2 1.0 -1.7 -1.9 Mar-10 3.7 4.0 3.3 2.9 Apr-10 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.2 May-10 0.2 -0.1 -4.3 -4.5 Jun-10 0.9 0.3 -1.6 -1.4

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1997 108.2 109.5 113.2 110.1 Q2-07 110.4 111.6 136.7 131.9 Jan-08 0.9 1.4 0.0 0.3 1998 93.0 93.3 100.2 100.0 Q3-07 110.9 112.1 137.5 132.2 Feb-08 3.2 3.2 3.3 2.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 110.3 112.2 139.7 134.9 Mar-08 -4.0 -3.4 -2.5 -1.0 2000 106.3 104.8 95.7 94.8 Q1-08 109.4 112.3 138.6 134.3 Apr-08 -0.7 -0.5 1.0 0.7 2001 99.3 98.8 93.4 92.4 Q2-08 109.2 112.8 142.5 138.6 May-08 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.2 2002 99.9 99.6 98.8 97.9 Q3-08 107.4 110.7 138.0 133.2 Jun-08 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.6 2003 100.6 102.1 109.0 109.6 Q4-08 92.9 97.0 108.2 106.5 Jul-08 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.4 2004 103.9 105.2 116.2 117.5 Q1-09 93.3 98.9 108.5 107.3 Aug-08 -3.1 -3.2 -5.3 -5.7 2005 108.1 109.6 121.5 120.9 Q2-09 102.0 107.5 122.7 120.3 Sep-08 -3.5 -3.3 -6.4 -5.6 2006 107.5 108.8 125.0 121.8 Q3-09 107.9 113.1 130.4 128.5 Oct-08 -9.5 -9.5 -14.8 -13.8 2007 109.8 111.0 135.4 130.5 Q4-09 114.2 120.2 138.8 136.9 Nov-08 0.2 1.1 -2.5 -2.5 2008 104.5 107.9 130.4 126.8 Q1-10 122.1 127.7 142.6 138.9 Dec-08 -3.5 -1.9 -1.2 -0.3 2009 104.1 109.6 123.9 122.1 Q2-10 129.2 134.2 143.9 138.9 Jan-09 3.2 3.5 1.7 1.7

Feb-09 -1.0 -1.3 -1.7 -1.6 Mar-09 0.5 1.1 4.0 3.4 Apr-09 5.8 5.2 6.2 5.4 May-09 4.0 3.5 4.7 4.8 Jun-09 2.3 1.9 3.5 4.0 Jul-09 0.8 0.7 -0.1 -0.2

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1997 108.1 109.6 111.9 Q2-07 119.6 118.8 149.3 1998 91.8 92.4 98.6 Q3-07 120.1 119.2 150.5 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 120.3 120.1 153.9 2000 107.3 105.5 96.5 Q1-08 119.4 120.3 152.7 2001 99.1 98.2 93.3 Q2-08 120.3 121.8 158.4 2002 99.2 98.2 98.7 Q3-08 118.5 119.9 154.7 2003 100.4 100.9 109.7 Q4-08 103.5 106.1 122.0 2004 105.8 105.8 119.1 Q1-09 104.2 108.6 122.6 2005 112.9 112.8 127.8 Q2-09 115.0 119.1 139.9 2006 114.3 113.9 134.0 Q3-09 120.5 124.3 148.0 2007 118.9 118.2 148.1 Q4-09 127.1 131.8 156.9 2008 115.2 116.7 145.4 Q1-10 134.5 138.7 159.7 2009 116.3 120.6 140.5 Q2-10 142.4 145.6 160.6

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1997 107.4 107.6 109.6 Q2-07 134.8 135.7 159.5 1998 90.0 90.5 94.8 Q3-07 138.7 139.3 164.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 144.5 145.5 173.8 2000 113.4 111.8 103.9 Q1-08 149.8 151.7 179.8 2001 103.8 103.2 97.8 Q2-08 156.3 158.5 193.4 2002 101.6 101.2 100.6 Q3-08 156.8 158.2 192.8 2003 98.5 99.1 105.8 Q4-08 136.6 139.2 152.5 2004 111.2 111.8 122.6 Q1-09 135.2 139.7 151.8 2005 128.9 129.9 142.3 Q2-09 145.4 149.1 170.0 2006 130.6 131.3 147.1 Q3-09 148.2 151.2 176.0 2007 136.8 137.5 161.2 Q4-09 152.3 156.3 182.6 2008 149.6 151.6 178.1 Q1-10 157.3 160.8 182.0 2009 145.0 148.8 169.0 Q2-10 163.1 165.7 179.8

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1997 107.8 109.9 113.0 Q2-07 117.4 115.3 148.7 1998 92.9 93.5 99.6 Q3-07 117.9 115.7 149.9 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 118.2 116.6 153.2 2000 106.7 104.4 96.0 Q1-08 117.1 116.8 151.7 2001 96.2 94.4 90.7 Q2-08 117.2 117.5 156.4 2002 96.3 94.7 96.9 Q3-08 113.8 114.1 150.9 2003 96.1 96.1 107.0 Q4-08 97.3 98.9 117.1 2004 102.8 102.2 118.3 Q1-09 95.9 99.1 115.9 2005 110.0 109.2 126.9 Q2-09 103.9 106.7 130.5 2006 112.3 111.1 133.3 Q3-09 108.0 110.4 137.5 2007 116.8 114.8 147.4 Q4-09 114.1 117.3 146.2 2008 111.0 111.5 142.3 Q1-10 121.8 124.6 150.1 2009 105.3 108.1 131.3 Q2-10 130.6 132.7 152.8

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1997 106.8 109.1 112.3 Q2-07 127.8 126.7 161.2 1998 92.5 92.7 98.9 Q3-07 129.0 127.8 163.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 131.1 130.6 168.5 2000 108.3 106.1 97.6 Q1-08 131.9 132.8 169.3 2001 97.5 95.9 89.2 Q2-08 133.4 135.1 176.7 2002 99.9 98.4 97.8 Q3-08 129.3 131.1 171.4 2003 99.7 100.1 108.9 Q4-08 109.2 112.2 132.6 2004 111.0 111.6 127.1 Q1-09 105.5 110.3 130.1 2005 121.0 121.1 139.1 Q2-09 112.3 116.7 145.3 2006 124.8 124.8 147.7 Q3-09 115.2 119.3 152.2 2007 128.1 127.1 160.9 Q4-09 121.4 126.3 161.5 2008 125.6 127.4 160.9 Q1-10 129.9 134.6 166.1 2009 113.5 118.0 146.3 Q2-10 140.2 144.2 169.6

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1997 117.6 118.5 119.9 115.1 Q2-07 110.8 111.4 126.9 126.5 Jan-08 -0.7 -0.1 -0.8 -0.6 1998 96.9 97.2 103.4 101.9 Q3-07 108.8 109.5 125.0 124.8 Feb-08 2.9 3.0 2.1 2.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 106.2 107.6 124.2 124.4 Mar-08 -4.3 -3.8 -2.2 -1.5 2000 99.4 97.6 90.4 89.8 Q1-08 106.2 108.7 125.3 126.0 Apr-08 -3.1 -2.8 -1.7 -1.9 2001 94.6 93.6 89.1 88.5 Q2-08 100.1 103.0 120.4 121.5 May-08 -0.3 -0.4 -1.3 -1.3 2002 99.0 98.2 96.7 96.4 Q3-08 95.5 98.3 114.2 114.6 Jun-08 -2.0 -2.1 -1.6 -1.9 2003 103.7 104.8 109.9 110.9 Q4-08 88.2 92.1 101.6 102.6 Jul-08 -2.3 -2.3 -1.7 -1.7 2004 107.7 108.4 116.7 118.8 Q1-09 82.2 87.4 94.7 96.1 Aug-08 -0.9 -0.9 -2.0 -2.5 2005 114.1 114.9 123.1 124.4 Q2-09 89.2 94.3 103.0 104.3 Sep-08 -0.9 -0.7 -2.3 -2.1 2006 104.2 104.9 114.6 114.4 Q3-09 94.9 99.9 109.9 111.8 Oct-08 -2.8 -2.8 -4.6 -4.2 2007 108.2 108.8 123.6 123.4 Q4-09 99.2 105.0 114.3 116.6 Nov-08 -2.9 -1.9 -4.9 -4.8 2008 97.3 100.2 114.2 115.1 Q1-10 103.2 108.7 113.7 115.3 Dec-08 -6.4 -4.9 -3.9 -3.7 2009 91.1 96.3 104.5 106.2 Q2-10 110.9 116.0 116.0 116.8 Jan-09 -0.2 0.2 -1.3 -0.8

Feb-09 -2.8 -3.2 -3.8 -3.9 Mar-09 1.3 1.9 3.5 3.3 Apr-09 6.1 5.5 5.0 4.7 May-09 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.1 Jun-09 3.2 2.8 3.8 4.1 Jul-09 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

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1997 118.9 120.4 122.7 119.4 Q2-07 114.3 115.6 131.9 129.6 Jan-08 -0.1 0.4 -0.7 -0.6 1998 98.1 98.6 105.2 104.4 Q3-07 112.7 114.1 130.2 127.7 Feb-08 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 110.1 112.1 129.8 127.6 Mar-08 -4.7 -4.2 -2.5 -1.6 2000 99.8 98.2 90.5 89.9 Q1-08 110.0 113.3 130.8 128.7 Apr-08 -2.7 -2.5 -1.5 -1.7 2001 95.1 94.5 89.5 88.8 Q2-08 103.8 107.4 125.8 124.2 May-08 -0.2 -0.3 -1.3 -1.1 2002 100.0 99.7 98.2 97.6 Q3-08 100.1 103.5 119.9 117.8 Jun-08 -1.7 -1.7 -1.5 -1.8 2003 104.5 106.1 111.4 112.0 Q4-08 92.4 96.7 107.2 105.8 Jul-08 -1.6 -1.7 -1.3 -1.6 2004 108.6 110.1 118.7 119.9 Q1-09 86.8 92.4 100.6 99.7 Aug-08 -0.6 -0.7 -1.8 -2.1 2005 116.2 117.9 126.5 126.5 Q2-09 94.0 99.4 109.3 108.1 Sep-08 -1.2 -1.0 -2.5 -2.1 2006 107.5 109.0 119.0 117.5 Q3-09 101.7 106.9 117.8 116.9 Oct-08 -3.0 -3.0 -4.7 -4.4 2007 111.9 113.3 128.9 126.6 Q4-09 105.7 111.7 122.0 121.2 Nov-08 -2.6 -1.7 -4.4 -4.5 2008 101.4 105.0 119.8 118.1 Q1-10 110.2 115.6 121.3 119.7 Dec-08 -6.3 -4.7 -3.5 -3.3 2009 96.8 102.2 111.3 110.5 Q2-10 117.5 122.4 123.2 120.9 Jan-09 0.8 1.1 -0.9 -0.5

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1997 118.4 120.0 121.1 Q2-07 118.2 117.5 134.5 1998 97.2 97.8 104.2 Q3-07 116.4 115.6 132.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 113.6 113.5 131.8 2000 101.3 99.4 91.5 Q1-08 113.6 114.5 132.7 2001 97.6 96.5 92.0 Q2-08 107.1 108.6 127.4 2002 99.9 98.8 98.5 Q3-08 102.6 104.0 121.1 2003 105.0 105.5 112.5 Q4-08 95.4 98.0 108.4 2004 110.2 110.2 120.3 Q1-09 89.5 93.7 101.6 2005 117.3 117.3 126.8 Q2-09 97.8 101.6 111.2 2006 109.1 108.7 119.3 Q3-09 104.3 107.9 118.8 2007 115.4 114.7 130.9 Q4-09 108.9 113.2 123.5 2008 104.4 106.0 121.2 Q1-10 112.8 116.5 122.5 2009 99.8 103.7 112.6 Q2-10 120.6 123.5 124.5

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1997 109.4 109.6 110.2 Q2-07 113.4 114.1 121.6 1998 93.8 94.3 99.3 Q3-07 112.5 113.1 120.0 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 112.6 113.4 120.7 2000 110.6 108.9 100.8 Q1-08 116.5 118.1 124.4 2001 107.4 106.8 101.3 Q2-08 114.3 115.9 123.2 2002 101.9 101.4 100.2 Q3-08 113.7 114.9 121.5 2003 102.4 103.1 108.8 Q4-08 109.3 111.5 112.9 2004 107.4 108.0 114.2 Q1-09 105.1 108.9 109.5 2005 112.6 113.5 116.1 Q2-09 116.2 119.4 122.6 2006 107.3 107.9 111.2 Q3-09 123.7 126.5 132.1 2007 112.0 112.6 119.2 Q4-09 127.1 130.7 136.3 2008 113.3 115.0 119.6 Q1-10 128.4 131.5 132.8 2009 117.7 121.0 123.8 Q2-10 133.6 135.8 131.8

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1997 118.6 121.1 122.7 Q2-07 125.9 123.6 145.2 1998 99.4 100.0 106.1 Q3-07 125.5 123.2 145.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 125.3 123.7 147.4 2000 99.3 96.8 89.6 Q1-08 128.3 128.1 152.2 2001 95.5 93.6 90.3 Q2-08 123.3 123.8 149.5 2002 99.1 97.3 98.8 Q3-08 118.8 119.3 143.7 2003 104.7 104.5 114.2 Q4-08 109.6 111.6 128.7 2004 112.0 111.2 124.7 Q1-09 101.4 105.1 120.1 2005 122.6 121.6 135.1 Q2-09 109.3 112.5 130.6 2006 116.6 115.3 129.2 Q3-09 115.9 118.8 139.5 2007 124.4 122.2 143.0 Q4-09 121.5 125.2 145.8 2008 119.8 120.4 142.2 Q1-10 127.3 130.5 146.1 2009 111.8 115.1 132.7 Q2-10 138.2 140.6 150.2

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1997 120.1 123.0 124.8 Q2-07 140.7 139.8 162.1 1998 101.0 101.2 107.8 Q3-07 140.8 139.6 162.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 140.9 140.6 164.5 2000 101.3 99.0 91.5 Q1-08 144.4 145.7 169.3 2001 101.9 100.1 94.5 Q2-08 138.3 140.4 165.5 2002 102.0 100.5 99.7 Q3-08 132.0 134.1 158.4 2003 109.6 110.1 117.9 Q4-08 120.1 123.7 141.3 2004 119.4 120.1 131.9 Q1-09 109.3 114.8 131.3 2005 133.3 133.5 145.2 Q2-09 116.2 121.2 142.4 2006 129.1 129.2 141.9 Q3-09 122.2 127.0 151.9 2007 139.3 138.4 159.5 Q4-09 127.8 133.5 158.7 2008 133.4 135.6 157.0 Q1-10 134.1 139.4 159.0 2009 118.7 123.8 144.5 Q2-10 146.3 150.9 163.6

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1997 113.5 114.3 119.9 118.9 Q2-07 69.5 69.9 85.4 85.4 Jan-08 -1.5 -0.9 -0.7 -0.8 1998 100.2 100.5 104.7 104.2 Q3-07 67.6 68.0 84.4 84.3 Feb-08 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 64.8 65.6 84.5 84.4 Mar-08 -4.8 -4.3 -0.5 -0.4 2000 116.8 114.9 102.1 102.0 Q1-08 62.9 64.4 84.5 84.4 Apr-08 0.7 1.1 2.1 2.1 2001 121.9 120.7 104.2 104.3 Q2-08 62.6 64.5 87.2 87.0 May-08 2.0 1.9 0.9 0.8 2002 111.9 111.0 100.5 100.8 Q3-08 65.7 67.7 88.7 88.4 Jun-08 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 2003 83.6 84.5 88.3 88.8 Q4-08 59.3 62.0 71.5 71.8 Jul-08 -0.2 -0.2 1.0 1.0 2004 72.7 73.2 83.3 83.8 Q1-09 54.4 57.9 65.2 65.4 Aug-08 6.3 6.4 1.8 1.7 2005 75.2 75.8 86.1 86.4 Q2-09 56.1 59.3 69.8 69.9 Sep-08 -1.1 -0.9 -4.6 -4.5 2006 74.5 75.0 85.9 85.9 Q3-09 53.7 56.6 69.4 69.4 Oct-08 -9.2 -9.3 -14.9 -14.6 2007 68.1 68.5 84.8 84.6 Q4-09 52.7 55.9 70.0 70.0 Nov-08 0.9 2.0 -2.8 -2.8 2008 62.6 64.6 82.6 82.5 Q1-10 57.6 60.7 72.1 72.0 Dec-08 -7.2 -5.7 -2.7 -2.1 2009 54.2 57.4 68.5 68.6 Q2-10 63.7 66.7 73.9 73.7 Jan-09 -2.1 -1.7 -3.3 -3.7

Feb-09 -1.5 -1.9 -4.4 -4.7 Mar-09 -2.5 -1.8 -0.5 -0.1 Apr-09 7.7 7.1 8.6 8.7 May-09 -1.3 -1.7 1.3 0.8 Jun-09 -3.7 -4.1 -1.5 -1.6 Jul-09 -0.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3

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1997 85.9 86.9 92.0 91.3 Q2-07 87.2 88.2 103.1 102.7 Jan-08 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 1998 86.9 87.3 91.7 91.2 Q3-07 85.5 86.5 102.5 101.9 Feb-08 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 82.4 83.9 103.5 103.0 Mar-08 -4.9 -4.3 -0.6 -0.4 2000 125.1 123.3 108.4 108.3 Q1-08 80.5 82.9 104.0 103.3 Apr-08 0.8 1.0 1.8 1.7 2001 135.5 134.6 114.5 114.6 Q2-08 79.6 82.4 106.0 105.3 May-08 1.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 2002 127.8 127.3 114.2 114.5 Q3-08 84.5 87.3 108.2 107.3 Jun-08 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.6 2003 98.0 99.5 102.6 103.0 Q4-08 78.3 82.0 91.5 91.3 Jul-08 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.1 2004 87.4 88.5 98.9 99.2 Q1-09 73.2 78.0 85.0 84.7 Aug-08 7.0 6.9 2.7 2.7 2005 92.1 93.4 103.0 103.1 Q2-09 75.5 79.9 90.7 90.3 Sep-08 -0.5 -0.4 -3.9 -3.7 2006 92.6 93.8 103.4 103.1 Q3-09 73.0 76.7 90.3 89.8 Oct-08 -8.5 -8.6 -13.6 -13.3 2007 86.2 87.2 103.3 102.8 Q4-09 72.3 76.4 92.0 91.4 Nov-08 2.6 3.6 0.0 -0.1 2008 80.7 83.6 102.1 101.4 Q1-10 80.6 84.6 96.4 95.6 Dec-08 -6.5 -4.9 -1.2 -0.5 2009 73.5 77.7 89.3 88.8 Q2-10 88.2 91.9 98.3 97.2 Jan-09 -1.1 -0.8 -3.3 -3.7

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1997 86.9 88.6 93.9 Q2-07 108.9 107.0 127.9 1998 91.6 92.1 95.8 Q3-07 106.8 104.8 127.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 103.4 102.1 128.8 2000 135.7 132.6 116.1 Q1-08 101.5 101.4 130.5 2001 153.7 150.6 129.1 Q2-08 101.9 102.5 136.6 2002 139.9 137.3 125.5 Q3-08 107.5 108.2 140.9 2003 114.2 113.9 120.3 Q4-08 97.1 99.0 114.9 2004 103.2 102.6 117.8 Q1-09 88.9 92.3 105.9 2005 107.5 106.7 121.7 Q2-09 91.7 94.5 114.6 2006 113.6 112.4 126.7 Q3-09 88.0 90.3 115.2 2007 107.3 105.5 127.6 Q4-09 87.1 89.9 117.4 2008 101.9 102.7 130.2 Q1-10 96.1 98.6 122.0 2009 89.0 91.7 113.1 Q2-10 107.7 109.7 126.5

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1997 81.9 83.7 86.2 Q2-07 98.3 97.7 127.3 1998 85.2 85.4 88.8 Q3-07 96.7 96.0 126.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 93.9 93.8 128.2 2000 135.6 132.8 117.7 Q1-08 92.3 93.2 129.8 2001 155.0 152.4 130.1 Q2-08 92.3 93.9 135.7 2002 143.5 141.3 132.7 Q3-08 96.5 98.2 139.7 2003 111.0 111.5 119.6 Q4-08 85.9 88.7 113.8 2004 98.7 99.3 119.6 Q1-09 77.5 81.4 104.7 2005 105.4 105.7 125.3 Q2-09 78.9 82.3 113.2 2006 104.6 104.7 126.5 Q3-09 75.0 78.0 113.8 2007 97.1 96.5 126.9 Q4-09 74.0 77.4 115.9 2008 91.7 93.4 129.2 Q1-10 81.8 85.1 120.5 2009 76.4 79.8 111.7 Q2-10 92.2 95.1 125.0

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1997 399.1 385.3 388.7 386.5 Q2-07 75.0 78.7 81.9 82.0 Jan-08 -0.6 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 1998 242.5 238.1 242.2 242.0 Q3-07 74.6 78.2 81.4 81.6 Feb-08 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 73.2 76.8 80.3 80.7 Mar-08 -1.9 -1.2 -0.8 -0.3 2000 101.1 100.5 97.1 96.5 Q1-08 72.0 76.1 79.4 79.9 Apr-08 -0.6 -0.3 0.1 0.0 2001 100.6 102.4 99.0 98.2 Q2-08 70.8 75.2 78.9 79.6 May-08 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 2002 88.8 91.6 89.6 89.1 Q3-08 71.6 75.6 78.9 79.3 Jun-08 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 2003 75.7 80.0 80.5 80.9 Q4-08 73.3 79.0 80.3 80.4 Jul-08 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 2004 73.3 77.6 79.1 80.1 Q1-09 58.8 65.0 65.7 65.8 Aug-08 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.2 2005 74.7 78.5 80.0 80.6 Q2-09 59.6 65.6 66.9 67.0 Sep-08 -0.3 0.0 -0.8 -0.8 2006 76.9 80.9 83.0 83.2 Q3-09 58.3 63.8 65.4 65.7 Oct-08 3.4 4.4 2.9 2.8 2007 74.8 78.5 81.7 82.0 Q4-09 59.9 65.8 67.5 68.0 Nov-08 1.1 2.1 1.1 0.9 2008 72.0 76.6 79.5 80.0 Q1-10 63.2 68.8 69.8 69.9 Dec-08 -5.7 -4.7 -4.5 -4.1 2009 59.2 65.1 66.4 66.8 Q2-10 67.8 73.3 73.4 73.0 Jan-09 -12.8 -12.0 -12.2 -12.4

Feb-09 -7.5 -7.2 -7.4 -7.7 Mar-09 1.5 2.1 2.7 2.7 Apr-09 2.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 May-09 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.7 Jun-09 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 Jul-09 -1.9 -2.2 -2.3 -2.2

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1997 172.7 175.6 178.4 177.0 Q2-07 180.1 175.6 183.1 183.4 Jan-08 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.7 1998 132.3 132.7 135.4 135.0 Q3-07 182.7 177.8 185.6 185.4 Feb-08 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 183.4 178.2 186.9 187.2 Mar-08 -1.6 -0.8 -0.5 0.1 2000 119.3 116.7 112.4 111.9 Q1-08 187.4 182.9 191.5 191.8 Apr-08 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.0 2001 140.5 138.3 133.4 132.7 Q2-08 188.7 184.8 194.4 195.3 May-08 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 2002 140.4 138.0 135.1 134.8 Q3-08 194.0 188.6 197.4 197.4 Jun-08 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 2003 133.4 133.3 134.3 135.5 Q4-08 204.0 201.8 205.9 205.4 Jul-08 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 2004 140.3 139.9 142.8 144.8 Q1-09 172.1 174.1 176.9 176.3 Aug-08 2.0 1.6 1.0 0.6 2005 158.0 155.7 159.0 160.4 Q2-09 178.0 178.9 183.4 183.0 Sep-08 0.3 0.6 -0.2 -0.1 2006 174.8 171.7 176.4 177.0 Q3-09 176.7 176.2 181.4 181.6 Oct-08 4.3 5.2 3.7 3.6 2007 181.6 176.8 184.5 184.8 Q4-09 181.5 181.4 186.9 187.4 Nov-08 2.5 3.3 2.4 2.2 2008 193.3 189.1 196.8 197.4 Q1-10 196.5 194.0 197.7 197.1 Dec-08 -5.0 -3.9 -3.6 -3.1 2009 176.9 177.3 181.7 181.9 Q2-10 211.6 207.3 208.8 206.9 Jan-09 -10.1 -9.4 -9.8 -10.0

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1997 94.0 93.4 98.2 94.2 Q2-07 85.3 87.2 100.2 99.4 Jan-08 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.3 1998 95.8 95.5 102.5 101.6 Q3-07 85.0 86.8 100.2 99.6 Feb-08 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 81.8 84.1 98.6 98.3 Mar-08 -3.8 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 2000 115.6 114.2 103.2 102.6 Q1-08 82.2 85.3 99.7 100.2 Apr-08 -0.4 0.0 1.0 1.0 2001 119.1 119.4 109.1 108.9 Q2-08 81.2 84.9 100.9 102.0 May-08 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.3 2002 113.1 113.8 108.2 108.2 Q3-08 85.8 89.5 105.1 106.2 Jun-08 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.4 2003 94.4 96.9 99.6 100.7 Q4-08 98.5 104.2 111.3 114.9 Jul-08 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0.1 2004 85.8 88.0 94.0 95.5 Q1-09 99.1 107.0 112.3 117.1 Aug-08 5.1 5.0 2.8 2.6 2005 86.5 88.6 94.8 95.2 Q2-09 94.8 101.8 110.1 113.8 Sep-08 4.4 4.7 1.9 2.6 2006 88.2 90.3 98.5 97.9 Q3-09 90.2 96.5 106.2 109.8 Oct-08 8.0 8.3 3.2 4.5 2007 84.7 86.7 99.5 98.9 Q4-09 87.4 94.0 103.6 106.8 Nov-08 4.6 5.7 2.0 2.3 2008 86.6 90.6 103.7 105.2 Q1-10 93.3 99.8 106.3 109.1 Dec-08 -4.3 -3.1 -2.7 -2.1 2009 92.8 99.7 107.5 111.4 Q2-10 101.6 107.8 110.2 112.5 Jan-09 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.7

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1997 98.4 99.6 103.8 100.8 Q2-07 80.8 81.1 97.2 94.7 Jan-08 1.8 2.3 1.3 1.5 1998 98.3 98.7 105.6 105.1 Q3-07 83.0 83.4 100.3 97.8 Feb-08 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 80.0 80.7 98.9 96.6 Mar-08 -4.8 -4.1 -2.8 -2.0 2000 113.3 111.5 101.4 100.8 Q1-08 81.6 83.1 101.6 99.8 Apr-08 -0.3 0.0 0.9 0.9 2001 114.8 114.1 105.9 105.4 Q2-08 80.1 82.0 102.0 100.7 May-08 0.6 0.3 -0.1 0.1 2002 105.8 105.3 102.9 102.4 Q3-08 85.1 86.8 106.3 104.8 Jun-08 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 2003 87.7 88.8 94.3 94.7 Q4-08 96.5 99.7 112.0 112.5 Jul-08 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.2 2004 81.2 82.0 90.9 91.3 Q1-09 96.8 101.9 112.7 114.0 Aug-08 4.5 4.2 2.1 2.0 2005 81.6 82.4 91.6 90.6 Q2-09 91.9 96.1 109.6 109.8 Sep-08 3.3 3.4 0.8 1.6 2006 82.7 83.4 94.6 92.4 Q3-09 88.7 92.2 106.8 107.0 Oct-08 8.1 8.3 3.6 4.7 2007 81.5 81.9 98.1 95.7 Q4-09 85.9 89.7 104.4 104.2 Nov-08 4.6 5.5 2.4 2.5 2008 85.6 87.5 104.8 103.7 Q1-10 92.1 95.4 107.4 106.3 Dec-08 -5.2 -3.9 -3.2 -2.7 2009 90.7 94.8 107.8 108.1 Q2-10 99.2 101.9 110.5 108.9 Jan-09 1.5 2.2 1.0 1.1

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1997 94.4 94.0 98.2 96.8 Q2-07 78.5 80.0 92.5 91.8 Jan-08 -1.0 -0.5 -1.3 -1.3 1998 96.0 95.8 101.7 100.1 Q3-07 77.1 78.6 91.2 90.6 Feb-08 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 73.4 75.1 88.5 88.8 Mar-08 -4.8 -4.4 -3.2 -1.7 2000 115.1 113.7 103.4 102.1 Q1-08 70.8 73.0 85.8 86.3 Apr-08 -1.6 -1.3 -0.1 -0.6 2001 118.5 118.7 108.5 105.3 Q2-08 67.9 70.4 84.3 84.6 May-08 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.2 2002 112.5 113.0 107.3 104.6 Q3-08 70.5 73.1 86.5 85.2 Jun-08 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 -0.4 2003 94.1 96.1 99.0 100.2 Q4-08 81.5 85.4 91.4 89.6 Jul-08 -1.3 -1.3 -0.5 -0.7 2004 85.5 87.2 93.3 97.0 Q1-09 81.9 87.4 91.8 90.3 Aug-08 5.2 5.2 3.0 1.6 2005 85.5 87.2 93.5 96.2 Q2-09 78.3 83.2 90.1 88.8 Sep-08 4.5 4.7 1.7 1.5 2006 84.8 86.5 94.6 95.1 Q3-09 74.6 78.9 86.8 87.1 Oct-08 8.4 8.6 3.1 2.9 2007 77.4 78.9 90.9 90.8 Q4-09 72.2 76.7 84.5 85.7 Nov-08 4.6 5.5 1.6 1.4 2008 72.5 75.2 86.4 86.1 Q1-10 76.9 81.3 86.4 86.5 Dec-08 -3.8 -2.8 -2.4 -0.7 2009 76.6 81.3 87.7 87.7 Q2-10 83.6 87.8 89.2 87.9 Jan-09 -0.1 0.6 -0.2 -0.2

Feb-09 3.5 3.4 2.2 1.4 Mar-09 -1.9 -1.4 0.9 0.3 Apr-09 -1.1 -1.7 -1.0 -1.0 May-09 -3.4 -3.7 -2.5 -1.6 Jun-09 -2.6 -2.9 -1.4 -0.7 Jul-09 -0.5 -0.6 -0.8 -0.3

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1997 97.7 98.6 102.5 100.2 Q2-07 61.9 62.2 74.4 72.6 Jan-08 -1.3 -0.9 -1.9 -2.2 1998 101.0 101.4 107.6 105.3 Q3-07 61.2 61.5 73.8 71.2 Feb-08 0.8 0.8 0.8 -0.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 58.9 59.4 72.7 70.7 Mar-08 -5.7 -5.2 -3.9 -2.1 2000 108.5 106.9 97.4 96.5 Q1-08 56.9 57.9 70.7 68.3 Apr-08 -1.0 -0.9 0.3 -0.3 2001 107.3 106.8 98.7 96.0 Q2-08 54.7 55.8 69.4 67.1 May-08 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 2002 96.7 96.4 93.3 91.6 Q3-08 56.5 57.6 70.5 66.8 Jun-08 0.4 0.3 0.8 -0.2 2003 77.4 78.3 82.6 84.0 Q4-08 65.5 67.5 75.3 71.2 Jul-08 -0.6 -0.7 -0.1 -0.8 2004 68.7 69.4 76.3 78.8 Q1-09 66.3 69.4 76.3 72.4 Aug-08 3.6 3.5 1.4 0.3 2005 68.0 68.6 75.7 77.1 Q2-09 62.9 65.4 74.3 70.7 Sep-08 3.0 3.2 0.4 0.6 2006 67.5 68.0 76.7 76.3 Q3-09 59.4 61.5 70.8 68.2 Oct-08 8.9 9.1 3.9 3.5 2007 61.5 61.8 73.8 71.9 Q4-09 58.6 60.9 70.3 68.4 Nov-08 7.0 7.8 4.4 3.9 2008 58.2 59.5 71.0 68.1 Q1-10 62.9 64.9 72.4 69.4 Dec-08 -4.1 -3.1 -2.3 -0.4 2009 61.7 64.1 72.4 69.6 Q2-10 68.0 69.7 74.5 70.5 Jan-09 1.0 1.6 0.4 0.1

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KO vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 117.6 116.1 121.0 117.6 Q2-07 101.2 103.9 119.8 120.7 Jan-08 -2.4 -1.9 -2.6 -2.7 1998 81.2 80.7 85.7 83.5 Q3-07 99.4 102.0 118.1 119.1 Feb-08 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 94.9 97.8 114.9 116.6 Mar-08 -8.6 -8.0 -6.9 -6.1 2000 121.5 120.1 109.2 108.7 Q1-08 88.4 92.0 107.6 109.2 Apr-08 -2.2 -1.8 -0.8 -1.1 2001 109.8 110.3 101.1 99.8 Q2-08 79.6 83.3 99.1 100.3 May-08 -3.6 -3.8 -4.1 -4.5 2002 107.9 109.0 103.6 103.0 Q3-08 79.1 82.6 97.2 97.0 Jun-08 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.4 2003 94.2 97.0 99.7 101.6 Q4-08 70.5 74.7 80.1 79.4 Jul-08 0.0 -0.1 0.7 0.6 2004 89.1 91.6 97.8 101.3 Q1-09 68.5 74.0 78.1 78.0 Aug-08 2.5 2.3 0.3 -0.7 2005 99.5 102.1 109.3 112.5 Q2-09 72.5 77.9 84.6 84.6 Sep-08 -3.9 -3.6 -6.1 -6.4 2006 105.8 108.7 118.5 120.3 Q3-09 71.4 76.4 84.4 85.3 Oct-08 -7.4 -7.1 -11.3 -11.6 2007 99.6 102.2 117.2 118.5 Q4-09 73.3 78.9 87.1 88.7 Nov-08 -1.3 -0.4 -3.8 -4.1 2008 79.1 82.8 94.6 95.1 Q1-10 80.0 85.5 91.3 92.2 Dec-08 -3.4 -2.4 -2.0 -0.7 2009 71.4 76.7 82.7 83.4 Q2-10 85.5 90.7 92.9 92.6 Jan-09 2.5 3.3 2.5 2.9

Feb-09 -2.3 -2.4 -3.4 -3.8 Mar-09 -2.7 -2.1 -0.1 -0.6 Apr-09 7.7 7.0 7.7 7.8 May-09 2.9 2.6 3.8 4.5 Jun-09 -3.3 -3.6 -2.1 -1.8 Jul-09 -0.5 -0.7 -0.9 -0.5

Aug-09 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.1 Sep-09 0.0 0.5 0.4 1.0 Oct-09 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.4 Nov-09 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 Dec-09 1.9 1.9 0.9 0.6 Jan-10 4.8 4.3 3.4 3.0 Feb-10 2.7 2.4 0.0 -0.4 Mar-10 2.6 2.8 2.0 1.7 Apr-10 3.2 2.7 2.8 2.3 May-10 1.9 1.8 -1.8 -2.5 Jun-10 -1.2 -1.6 -3.2 -3.4

KO vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of) vs (the rest of)EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41 EA16 EU27 IC36 gr41

1997 111.0 112.4 116.4 113.7 Q2-07 107.8 108.0 129.1 128.2 Jan-08 -1.6 -1.2 -2.2 -2.4 1998 81.5 81.8 86.7 84.8 Q3-07 106.4 106.6 127.9 125.9 Feb-08 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -1.2 1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Q4-07 101.3 101.8 124.3 122.9 Mar-08 -8.5 -7.9 -6.7 -5.7 2000 121.5 119.5 109.1 108.6 Q1-08 94.8 96.1 117.0 115.1 Apr-08 -1.8 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 2001 111.5 110.9 102.7 101.5 Q2-08 85.9 87.5 108.3 106.3 May-08 -3.4 -3.6 -4.0 -4.1 2002 110.2 109.7 106.6 106.3 Q3-08 86.2 87.5 106.7 103.3 Jun-08 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.4 2003 97.7 98.8 104.4 106.4 Q4-08 76.8 79.0 88.5 85.1 Jul-08 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.7 2004 93.8 94.7 104.2 107.3 Q1-09 75.6 79.2 87.4 84.4 Aug-08 2.3 2.1 0.1 -0.6 2005 105.5 106.3 117.3 119.7 Q2-09 80.2 83.4 94.9 92.0 Sep-08 -3.9 -3.8 -6.1 -6.1 2006 112.5 113.1 127.4 128.0 Q3-09 79.7 82.4 95.1 92.8 Oct-08 -7.4 -7.2 -11.1 -11.6 2007 106.3 106.5 126.7 125.5 Q4-09 81.6 84.7 98.1 96.3 Nov-08 -1.1 -0.3 -3.2 -3.8 2008 85.7 87.2 103.7 101.0 Q1-10 89.8 92.4 103.5 100.6 Dec-08 -3.4 -2.2 -1.6 -0.2 2009 79.3 82.3 93.0 90.6 Q2-10 95.8 97.9 105.6 101.4 Jan-09 3.4 4.0 2.9 2.9

Feb-09 -2.2 -2.3 -3.0 -3.3 Mar-09 -2.2 -1.7 0.3 -0.2 Apr-09 7.7 7.0 7.7 7.9 May-09 2.9 2.5 3.7 4.3 Jun-09 -3.6 -3.8 -2.5 -2.0 Jul-09 0.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.4

Aug-09 0.4 0.3 1.0 1.3 Sep-09 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.2 Oct-09 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.0 Nov-09 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 Dec-09 1.9 1.9 1.2 0.8 Jan-10 5.9 5.2 3.9 3.4 Feb-10 2.5 2.3 0.1 -0.5 Mar-10 2.2 2.4 1.8 1.9 Apr-10 3.5 2.9 3.1 2.7 May-10 1.9 1.7 -1.8 -2.5 Jun-10 -1.3 -1.7 -3.3 -3.6

Korea - KRW

1. Trade-weighted currency indices

Annual data Quarterly data Monthly data(index 1999 = 100) (index 1999 = 100) monthly % change

2. Relative price indicators, based on HICP / CPI

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BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU1997 99.8 93.3 100.4 99.6 98.8 98.3 101.0 100.0 99.3 107.2 99.2 97.5 94.5 91.5 117.31998 100.7 96.7 101.5 101.0 100.6 100.2 97.7 100.7 101.1 102.7 100.8 100.9 95.7 95.3 105.01999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02000 96.7 99.9 101.7 95.6 95.6 96.5 94.9 97.0 96.0 94.5 96.3 97.6 107.5 112.2 95.32001 97.9 107.5 107.0 97.2 96.9 98.2 97.9 98.6 97.3 95.7 98.0 100.2 108.6 117.4 97.62002 99.1 111.0 119.4 98.6 98.6 98.8 100.4 100.0 99.0 97.6 100.0 102.2 105.3 123.5 104.42003 103.6 116.3 119.1 103.1 104.4 102.0 105.4 104.3 104.2 104.6 105.7 106.4 99.1 129.6 103.12004 104.7 117.6 119.5 104.4 106.2 102.9 106.8 105.5 105.6 107.0 107.5 107.2 95.9 131.1 104.72005 104.4 116.2 126.9 103.9 105.6 102.8 106.0 105.1 105.3 106.9 106.9 108.0 91.1 130.4 105.32006 104.8 117.1 133.5 104.2 106.1 103.0 106.6 105.5 105.9 107.5 107.5 108.6 91.2 130.5 99.02007 106.1 117.8 136.6 105.7 108.0 104.1 107.5 106.9 107.6 110.3 109.2 108.3 91.1 131.5 104.42008 108.0 119.9 153.3 107.9 110.0 105.6 109.6 109.0 109.8 114.7 111.3 110.6 91.9 132.7 105.32009 109.1 123.0 147.6 110.3 111.4 107.9 111.6 110.3 110.7 115.6 112.3 112.7 94.1 136.3 96.4

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUQ2-07 106.2 118.1 134.3 106.0 108.2 104.1 107.8 107.0 107.8 110.2 109.4 108.4 91.5 132.2 106.0Q3-07 106.3 117.9 136.0 106.1 108.3 104.2 107.7 107.1 107.9 110.6 109.5 108.2 91.5 132.2 104.4Q4-07 107.3 118.4 142.4 106.9 109.5 104.8 108.6 108.1 109.1 112.7 110.7 109.3 91.7 132.7 104.5Q1-08 108.2 119.7 150.1 107.9 110.4 105.5 109.8 109.1 110.1 114.7 111.7 110.5 92.7 133.4 102.4Q2-08 109.2 121.2 154.8 108.8 111.6 106.1 110.8 110.2 111.4 116.9 112.9 111.8 92.7 133.9 107.6Q3-08 108.5 119.6 158.4 108.3 110.5 105.6 109.9 109.4 110.6 115.8 111.9 111.2 91.6 133.1 112.2Q4-08 107.7 120.6 151.5 108.6 109.3 106.4 109.9 108.9 109.0 113.1 110.5 111.1 92.1 134.5 100.9Q1-09 109.1 123.2 141.9 110.8 111.4 108.3 111.9 110.4 110.5 114.8 112.2 113.2 94.7 137.7 92.3Q2-09 109.3 123.2 146.8 110.9 111.8 108.4 112.0 110.5 110.9 115.4 112.6 113.0 94.5 137.6 94.9Q3-09 109.5 123.2 152.5 110.7 111.9 107.9 112.0 110.8 111.2 116.3 112.9 112.9 94.5 136.8 99.8Q4-09 110.1 124.0 151.0 111.0 112.6 108.2 112.6 111.4 111.9 117.6 113.6 113.7 93.9 137.3 100.4Q1-10 108.3 121.8 149.4 108.7 110.1 106.4 110.9 109.6 109.7 114.6 111.2 112.1 92.6 135.3 99.9Q2-10 106.3 119.6 149.6 106.1 107.4 104.6 109.1 107.4 107.2 110.9 108.6 110.2 91.5 133.5 96.6

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUJan-08 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 -0.8Feb-08 0.0 0.1 2.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -2.5Mar-08 0.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.6 1.5Apr-08 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 2.7May-08 -0.3 -0.8 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 2.1Jun-08 0.0 -0.1 3.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.7 0.0 2.0Jul-08 0.1 -0.1 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 4.4Aug-08 -0.7 -1.3 -3.5 -0.8 -1.0 -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -1.3 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -2.2Sep-08 -0.4 -0.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -1.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -2.1Oct-08 -0.8 0.6 -1.1 -0.4 -1.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -1.2 -2.1 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0.2 -7.7Nov-08 0.0 0.3 -1.3 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 -1.6Dec-08 1.8 1.5 -2.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.8 2.0 3.1 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.7Jan-09 0.1 0.6 -3.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.4 -4.8Feb-09 -0.4 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -1.3 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 0.3 -6.0Mar-09 1.0 1.1 5.2 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.8 -1.4Apr-09 -0.4 -0.9 1.2 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 -0.7 2.5May-09 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 4.7Jun-09 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.1 1.4 0.3 0.8Jul-09 -0.1 -0.3 2.6 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 2.8Aug-09 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.7 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.5 0.5Sep-09 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.4 -0.3Oct-09 0.4 0.4 -1.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5 -0.3 0.4 1.7Nov-09 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0Dec-09 -0.3 -0.4 -1.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -0.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -1.1Jan-10 -0.7 -1.0 -0.8 -1.0 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 -1.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -0.7 0.8Feb-10 -0.9 -0.7 0.0 -1.2 -1.2 -0.9 -0.7 -0.8 -1.1 -1.5 -1.1 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.3Mar-10 -0.1 -0.2 1.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 2.0Apr-10 -0.5 -0.7 0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4May-10 -1.1 -0.9 -1.7 -1.1 -1.4 -0.7 -0.9 -1.1 -1.4 -2.1 -1.4 -1.0 -0.4 -0.4 -4.6Jun-10 -0.8 -0.5 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.8 -1.0 -1.6 -1.0 -0.9 -0.6 -0.5 -2.1

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Table 1: Trade-weighted currency indices vs. the rest of IC36

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Monthly data (monthly % change)

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MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU2799.3 99.7 98.0 112.7 101.5 192.7 105.5 113.2 100.8 101.6 94.9 94.0 89.8 98.9 96.2 1997

101.3 100.5 99.7 109.3 100.9 162.9 104.5 111.2 101.2 100.9 99.5 100.1 85.1 101.7 102.9 1998100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1999

98.5 97.1 97.7 103.3 97.3 80.9 92.8 102.0 95.8 100.0 103.1 104.8 112.0 91.9 91.3 200099.5 98.3 98.5 114.0 98.0 64.4 88.8 100.3 97.7 92.4 102.1 110.6 101.9 95.0 94.9 2001

100.7 99.3 99.4 109.1 98.9 54.5 86.4 101.8 99.3 94.6 103.1 109.6 96.6 98.3 100.4 2002103.5 103.2 103.1 98.1 102.4 47.0 85.8 107.7 104.6 100.5 99.0 99.7 96.3 109.6 112.9 2003105.5 104.1 104.2 95.9 103.3 43.9 84.7 112.6 106.3 102.6 103.4 93.2 97.9 113.1 119.8 2004105.1 103.7 103.5 107.4 103.1 48.8 83.7 115.3 105.9 100.1 102.2 91.4 95.6 111.9 118.8 2005106.1 104.1 103.8 111.2 103.4 50.6 83.9 119.6 106.4 100.9 103.2 90.7 90.0 113.2 122.1 2006109.4 105.2 104.8 115.0 104.5 53.7 84.1 132.1 108.1 102.6 105.2 86.1 84.7 117.2 130.2 2007111.8 107.2 105.8 125.6 106.2 49.2 84.6 143.5 110.2 100.8 91.7 82.5 94.2 122.0 131.9 2008110.4 108.8 107.1 103.4 106.9 43.6 86.2 152.8 111.9 92.2 81.1 87.6 109.2 125.4 124.6 2009

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27109.6 105.2 104.9 114.6 104.5 54.8 84.1 132.1 108.5 102.9 106.4 87.8 83.6 117.3 130.5 Q2-07109.8 105.3 105.0 114.9 104.6 55.5 84.1 132.7 108.6 102.8 106.4 85.7 84.7 117.6 130.9 Q3-07111.6 106.2 105.7 119.7 105.5 52.1 84.3 133.6 109.6 103.5 103.2 82.0 85.8 120.1 133.5 Q4-07112.6 107.1 106.2 123.2 106.2 49.1 84.7 135.7 110.6 103.3 97.1 80.4 91.0 122.4 134.1 Q1-08114.6 108.1 106.8 130.0 107.1 50.1 84.9 143.1 111.7 105.0 93.9 78.7 89.7 125.3 138.8 Q2-08113.5 107.5 106.0 133.1 106.6 50.6 84.2 147.0 110.9 103.0 92.7 81.1 89.3 123.1 135.3 Q3-08108.5 107.1 105.5 117.4 105.6 47.8 84.7 148.3 110.2 94.7 85.2 91.4 110.7 120.6 123.0 Q4-08109.2 108.8 107.2 99.7 106.7 43.4 86.4 153.2 112.2 89.7 79.0 94.0 115.6 125.1 120.7 Q1-09110.7 108.8 107.4 100.6 106.9 44.2 86.4 152.9 112.5 91.3 82.4 89.8 107.0 125.9 124.7 Q2-09111.5 108.9 107.3 106.6 107.1 43.8 86.1 152.0 112.5 94.7 83.8 85.6 107.4 126.1 127.8 Q3-09112.3 109.5 107.7 107.5 107.6 43.6 86.3 152.6 112.9 95.5 81.0 82.8 109.5 127.7 128.4 Q4-09109.3 107.8 106.0 111.2 106.2 44.6 85.3 150.7 110.3 97.3 80.7 84.7 111.4 122.3 121.7 Q1-10105.6 105.9 104.3 109.2 104.5 43.2 84.5 149.2 107.6 98.2 81.6 87.5 113.8 116.5 113.9 Q2-10

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU270.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 -4.1 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.3 -3.5 -0.8 3.8 0.6 -0.7 Jan-08

-0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.0 1.1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.6 -0.6 -0.7 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 Feb-081.4 0.9 0.7 1.8 0.8 -0.7 0.5 2.3 1.1 0.7 -1.8 -3.1 3.7 2.4 3.2 Mar-081.1 0.5 0.4 3.1 0.5 2.7 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.9 -1.9 -0.1 -2.1 1.4 2.2 Apr-08

-0.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 -0.3 -1.0 -0.3 2.6 -0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.3 -1.4 -0.8 -1.2 May-080.3 0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 3.6 0.1 -0.5 0.2 0.6 -2.4 0.1 0.5 Jun-080.4 0.1 -0.1 3.4 0.1 2.1 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 -0.7 0.1 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 1.0 Jul-08

-1.4 -0.7 -0.6 -1.4 -0.6 0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -1.0 -0.3 -1.3 3.8 0.9 -1.9 -3.7 Aug-08-1.5 -0.3 -0.3 -2.5 -0.4 -2.8 0.0 0.2 -0.5 -2.2 -1.9 2.6 5.3 -1.2 -3.0 Sep-08-3.0 -0.7 -0.5 -5.9 -0.8 -2.9 0.1 -0.4 -0.8 -3.6 -0.1 7.9 12.8 -2.0 -4.1 Oct-08-1.2 0.2 0.0 -3.8 -0.1 -0.7 0.3 0.7 -0.1 -2.8 -6.3 3.3 6.7 -0.2 -3.6 Nov-082.2 1.9 1.6 -5.3 1.5 -2.1 1.3 2.3 2.5 -3.5 -6.4 -2.1 4.3 4.5 2.2 Dec-08

-0.4 0.2 0.3 -5.3 0.0 -7.2 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 -2.1 0.9 1.6 0.3 -1.7 Jan-09-1.0 -0.4 0.0 -9.1 -0.4 -1.1 0.4 0.6 -0.3 -2.5 2.9 3.0 -0.3 -0.6 -1.8 Feb-091.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.3 -1.4 -2.5 0.6 -6.2 2.5 2.8 Mar-09

-0.1 -0.5 -0.5 3.8 -0.3 1.2 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 2.4 2.3 -2.6 -2.5 -1.2 0.2 Apr-090.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 3.0 2.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.2 1.6 May-090.6 0.2 0.3 -2.1 0.2 -0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 -2.3 4.1 -1.9 -1.8 0.8 2.2 Jun-09

-0.2 -0.2 -0.3 4.8 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 -0.6 1.9 -0.5 -0.1 Jul-090.3 -0.1 -0.2 3.8 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 5.7 -0.2 -1.8 -1.6 -0.3 0.7 Aug-090.5 0.5 0.3 -0.3 0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 -2.9 -1.2 2.7 1.1 0.4 Sep-090.6 0.5 0.3 -1.0 0.4 -0.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.9 -2.4 -1.7 0.0 1.0 0.2 Oct-09

-0.1 -0.1 0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 2.0 -0.7 0.9 -0.2 0.6 Nov-09-0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.4 -0.3 1.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 -1.1 -0.7 0.8 0.3 -0.8 -1.6 Dec-09-1.0 -0.7 -0.7 1.2 -0.6 1.4 -0.6 -0.6 -1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 -0.9 -1.9 -2.0 Jan-10-1.8 -0.8 -0.8 0.8 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6 -1.3 1.4 -0.6 2.1 3.5 -2.3 -3.1 Feb-10-0.2 -0.1 -0.3 3.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 2.0 -3.3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -1.1 Mar-10-0.5 -0.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -1.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.1 2.7 0.0 -2.9 -1.2 -0.8 Apr-10-2.5 -1.0 -0.8 -5.0 -1.0 -1.8 -0.3 -0.2 -1.4 -1.4 0.2 4.1 5.2 -2.7 -4.8 May-10-1.6 -0.8 -0.6 -1.7 -0.7 -2.1 -0.3 -0.4 -1.0 0.1 2.5 0.8 2.6 -2.0 -2.3 Jun-10

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Table 1 cont'd: Trade-weighted currency indices vs. the rest of IC36

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Monthly data (monthly % change)

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BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU1997 101.8 88.6 95.1 100.0 103.6 92.5 103.6 100.7 103.0 106.2 101.6 102.0 93.6 92.2 98.71998 101.5 100.0 102.4 100.7 102.8 99.4 99.4 100.7 102.9 101.9 101.9 102.6 95.7 96.7 97.91999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02000 96.8 103.8 102.3 95.8 93.8 97.6 93.1 97.6 94.8 97.2 95.6 98.5 107.6 109.5 101.62001 97.6 111.5 109.0 97.2 93.7 101.9 94.2 98.6 94.9 99.7 96.1 99.1 108.4 112.2 109.92002 98.1 115.4 120.6 98.9 94.2 103.9 96.4 101.0 96.1 104.5 98.0 100.8 105.0 115.2 120.62003 101.8 118.6 117.6 103.5 98.5 106.7 101.5 106.2 101.1 114.2 104.0 106.7 99.9 116.8 122.12004 102.7 123.6 118.4 103.8 99.7 109.0 103.2 108.2 102.7 117.2 105.6 107.3 100.9 116.9 129.42005 102.8 125.8 124.9 103.0 98.7 111.1 103.1 109.0 101.9 117.0 104.8 107.8 100.4 116.4 131.82006 103.3 132.2 131.2 103.0 98.7 113.7 104.1 110.7 101.9 118.1 105.2 108.2 104.7 117.9 125.82007 104.1 138.8 135.0 104.0 100.4 119.4 105.2 112.8 102.8 122.0 106.5 107.6 112.2 122.1 139.82008 107.2 151.4 155.4 106.3 101.2 127.9 107.3 115.7 104.6 126.4 108.3 110.5 124.7 130.7 144.12009 107.5 156.8 149.2 108.9 102.0 129.1 109.5 116.0 104.8 124.5 109.4 111.6 130.0 138.1 136.0

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUQ2-07 104.3 135.7 132.4 104.5 100.2 117.9 105.9 113.1 103.0 121.8 106.9 107.5 110.7 121.5 141.7Q3-07 104.2 140.3 134.6 104.0 100.9 120.2 104.9 112.8 103.2 122.6 106.6 107.5 113.6 123.0 140.2Q4-07 105.6 143.4 141.2 105.0 101.5 122.8 106.9 115.0 104.2 124.7 108.1 109.7 117.3 125.9 141.0Q1-08 106.8 149.1 153.4 106.6 102.3 126.2 107.4 115.5 105.3 126.7 108.3 109.4 123.0 129.2 140.3Q2-08 108.6 151.8 156.8 107.3 102.4 127.6 109.2 117.5 106.3 129.1 110.1 111.6 125.8 131.5 147.7Q3-08 107.8 152.3 160.3 106.5 101.7 128.5 106.8 116.0 105.0 127.1 108.5 111.2 125.0 131.6 153.5Q4-08 107.1 153.7 152.8 107.1 100.2 130.5 108.0 115.7 103.5 124.5 108.2 111.7 127.2 134.6 138.0Q1-09 107.9 157.7 144.8 109.5 102.4 131.1 109.4 115.8 104.9 125.4 108.7 111.0 133.8 141.3 127.8Q2-09 107.9 156.9 148.8 109.6 102.1 128.7 110.1 116.4 105.0 125.0 110.1 112.3 132.0 139.9 133.7Q3-09 107.5 157.0 153.7 109.3 102.4 129.1 109.5 116.3 105.2 124.5 109.7 111.5 129.8 137.9 142.8Q4-09 108.3 157.1 150.8 109.3 102.5 128.7 111.5 117.6 105.8 124.7 110.9 113.5 126.7 137.8 142.7Q1-10 106.7 155.1 150.7 107.6 100.2 127.0 109.5 114.3 104.1 120.0 107.3 110.4 123.8 136.5 144.0Q2-10 105.6 152.6 150.5 105.2 97.2 125.9 110.3 112.9 101.6 115.3 105.8 109.1 122.8 134.3 140.6

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUJan-08 -0.9 2.0 4.7 0.8 -0.1 1.9 0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.2 -0.4 -0.7 2.7 1.6 0.9Feb-08 2.0 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.0 -0.3 -1.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.7 -0.4 0.0 0.9 0.5 -2.7Mar-08 0.9 1.5 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 2.6 1.1 1.1 2.0 2.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.4Apr-08 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.1 3.0May-08 -0.1 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 2.4Jun-08 0.3 0.0 2.8 0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.4 0.2 1.8Jul-08 -0.9 1.2 3.6 -0.2 0.8 0.8 -0.9 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.4 0.1 0.1 4.6Aug-08 0.4 -1.2 -3.7 -0.6 -1.3 -0.4 -1.9 -1.0 -0.9 -1.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -2.7Sep-08 -0.7 0.4 -1.2 -0.1 -0.9 0.3 1.7 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9 -0.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 -2.3Oct-08 -0.9 0.4 -0.9 -0.5 -1.3 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 -1.2 -2.2 -0.4 0.1 0.7 1.1 -7.3Nov-08 -0.1 0.3 -1.6 0.7 -0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.6 0.6 -1.6Dec-08 1.9 1.3 -2.2 2.4 3.1 2.2 1.6 1.6 2.1 2.8 2.2 1.2 1.9 2.0 1.5Jan-09 -1.4 1.5 -1.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 0.4 -0.7 0.1 -0.5 -1.2 -1.4 3.3 3.2 -3.8Feb-09 1.4 0.1 -4.7 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 -1.8 -0.9 -0.6 -1.6 -0.7 -0.8 0.5 0.0 -5.7Mar-09 0.1 0.2 5.1 1.4 0.6 0.2 2.6 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.1 1.9 0.2 0.5 -1.2Apr-09 -0.4 -0.6 0.8 -1.0 -0.8 -1.4 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 -1.0 3.1May-09 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.4 -0.8 -0.5 6.2Jun-09 -0.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.7 -0.2 0.6Jul-09 -1.3 0.0 2.6 -0.4 0.1 1.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.2 -0.4 -1.0 -1.1 -0.5 -0.9 4.7Aug-09 1.7 -0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2 -1.0 -1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.9 -0.3Sep-09 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.3 1.0 -0.4 1.0 -0.6Oct-09 0.2 0.1 -2.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.3Nov-09 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.6Dec-09 -0.3 -0.3 -1.5 -0.7 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.3 -1.2 -0.5 -0.9 -0.6 -0.7 -1.6Jan-10 -1.9 -0.3 0.7 -0.5 -1.5 -0.5 -1.3 -1.5 -0.7 -1.6 -2.2 -1.8 -0.7 0.6 2.5Feb-10 1.1 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7 -1.2 -1.1 -1.7 -1.5 -0.8 -1.7 -1.5 -0.7 -1.2 -1.2 -1.4Mar-10 -0.3 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 2.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 0.6 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 2.0Apr-10 -0.4 0.0 0.7 -0.7 -1.1 -0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.7 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.4 0.1May-10 -0.8 -0.9 -1.6 -1.3 -1.4 -0.5 -0.2 -1.0 -1.4 -2.0 -1.4 -1.2 -0.5 -0.3 -4.0Jun-10 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 -0.6 -1.0 -1.6 -0.9 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -1.9

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Table 2: Relative price indicators based on HICP / CPI (vs. the rest of IC36)

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Monthly data (monthly % change)

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MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU2797.4 99.9 102.2 98.5 100.6 90.0 97.3 102.5 103.1 105.0 96.7 96.4 93.5 105.4 104.9 1997

100.8 100.4 101.6 104.0 100.4 115.7 100.9 103.0 102.1 102.6 100.5 101.1 87.3 104.6 107.0 1998100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1999

99.1 96.9 96.6 110.6 97.6 112.4 97.8 110.7 95.7 98.2 100.9 105.2 107.8 90.2 88.6 2000100.3 100.4 96.6 124.8 100.0 114.4 98.3 113.0 97.3 90.3 98.1 111.2 94.5 91.6 89.9 2001101.8 103.2 96.8 119.0 102.3 114.5 100.1 115.9 98.6 92.4 98.0 109.5 87.0 94.4 93.8 2002104.7 107.4 99.6 105.6 107.0 110.6 102.9 130.5 103.1 98.5 93.2 99.7 84.6 104.7 104.1 2003107.4 107.6 100.3 104.6 108.2 112.8 102.8 143.3 102.8 99.6 96.6 93.9 84.0 107.7 109.9 2004107.3 106.6 99.4 117.2 107.7 133.3 101.9 147.6 101.1 96.0 95.2 93.3 79.6 106.1 108.3 2005108.8 106.2 99.2 120.0 108.6 143.2 102.2 156.1 100.5 96.0 96.1 93.6 73.2 106.7 110.4 2006110.7 106.6 100.0 124.3 109.9 155.2 103.9 171.3 101.4 97.2 98.0 89.6 67.2 109.8 117.2 2007114.7 107.3 100.5 136.2 110.6 147.5 106.2 186.6 103.5 95.2 85.5 86.4 73.1 113.3 118.3 2008115.0 109.2 101.3 115.6 109.8 136.4 108.2 198.5 105.9 88.0 77.1 90.6 83.1 115.2 111.9 2009

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27111.3 107.4 100.0 123.9 110.4 157.7 103.8 171.4 101.9 97.3 99.2 91.5 66.2 109.9 117.3 Q2-07113.2 106.4 99.9 124.3 110.1 162.1 104.4 171.7 101.6 97.1 98.9 89.5 67.1 110.2 117.7 Q3-07113.0 106.7 100.8 129.8 110.6 154.4 105.3 172.9 102.1 98.0 95.9 85.5 67.6 112.4 120.1 Q4-07112.6 107.4 101.2 134.0 111.2 147.5 105.8 176.9 103.9 97.7 89.9 84.2 70.9 114.1 120.5 Q1-08117.2 108.5 101.6 141.0 112.1 150.2 107.2 185.6 104.8 99.1 87.2 83.0 69.3 116.5 124.3 Q2-08118.3 107.2 100.3 144.0 110.9 152.7 106.4 190.4 103.9 96.8 86.6 85.8 69.1 113.9 120.6 Q3-08112.9 106.9 100.2 128.2 109.7 146.5 106.1 194.0 103.6 89.6 80.3 94.2 86.1 111.7 110.5 Q4-08111.9 109.5 101.8 110.6 110.2 136.7 108.0 201.3 106.2 85.2 74.5 96.6 89.0 115.5 108.6 Q1-09116.8 110.3 101.6 112.8 110.3 139.1 108.7 198.6 106.6 87.0 78.0 92.7 81.7 116.0 112.2 Q2-09117.8 108.6 101.4 120.0 110.1 138.0 108.1 197.1 106.4 90.4 79.8 88.9 81.5 115.5 114.4 Q3-09115.8 109.1 102.0 120.8 110.1 138.0 108.5 197.5 106.4 91.5 77.5 85.9 82.4 116.8 114.9 Q4-09111.4 107.3 100.4 125.5 108.4 143.8 106.7 194.7 104.3 93.2 77.6 87.7 83.1 111.2 108.4 Q1-10111.4 105.8 98.7 123.3 107.1 138.7 107.0 191.7 101.6 93.6 78.8 90.5 84.5 106.2 102.0 Q2-10

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27-0.2 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.4 -3.2 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.3 -4.1 -0.2 3.4 0.0 -1.2 Jan-08-0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.8 -0.4 1.4 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4 0.0 0.1 Feb-081.8 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.5 -0.9 1.0 1.9 1.4 0.9 -2.3 -2.9 3.5 2.7 3.3 Mar-083.0 0.6 0.3 3.2 0.3 2.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.0 -1.4 0.1 -2.7 1.0 1.9 Apr-08

-0.4 -0.6 -0.5 0.8 -0.5 -1.2 0.2 2.3 -0.6 0.0 -0.2 0.5 -1.3 -0.9 -1.4 May-080.3 -0.8 -0.2 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.4 3.5 0.0 -0.6 0.4 1.2 -2.5 -0.1 0.3 Jun-082.2 -0.1 -0.5 3.3 -0.3 2.7 -0.4 -0.5 -0.2 -1.3 0.0 -0.6 -0.8 -0.2 0.6 Jul-08

-1.1 -0.5 -0.6 -1.5 -1.0 0.6 -1.0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.6 3.2 1.3 -2.0 -3.6 Aug-08-1.6 0.0 -0.1 -2.4 0.0 -2.7 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 -1.5 -1.5 2.3 5.3 -1.2 -2.9 Sep-08-1.8 -0.8 -0.5 -5.5 -1.0 -2.0 0.1 0.0 -0.7 -3.7 -0.2 7.0 13.2 -1.9 -4.1 Oct-08-3.4 0.3 0.3 -3.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 1.3 0.0 -2.7 -5.7 1.6 6.7 0.0 -3.1 Nov-082.8 1.3 1.6 -5.2 1.3 -1.7 0.7 2.4 2.4 -3.4 -6.3 -2.9 4.4 4.9 2.7 Dec-08

-2.2 0.8 0.1 -4.5 -0.2 -5.5 0.7 1.7 0.6 0.3 -2.4 1.7 1.1 -0.4 -2.4 Jan-09-0.6 0.0 0.0 -8.9 -0.9 -0.7 0.5 0.0 -0.2 -2.5 3.3 3.1 -1.1 -0.4 -1.3 Feb-093.2 1.9 0.6 1.8 1.4 1.1 1.0 -0.1 1.4 -1.2 -2.6 0.6 -6.1 2.4 2.8 Mar-092.0 -0.4 -0.6 4.2 -0.4 1.1 -0.6 -1.1 -0.6 2.4 2.3 -2.5 -2.7 -1.2 0.2 Apr-090.5 0.0 -0.1 0.9 -0.2 0.6 0.4 -0.3 -0.3 3.2 2.4 -3.8 -0.8 -0.1 1.5 May-090.2 -0.6 0.0 -2.1 0.1 -0.8 0.6 0.0 0.8 -2.4 4.1 -1.2 -2.4 0.6 1.9 Jun-090.0 -1.4 -0.3 5.5 0.1 -0.1 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0.5 -0.2 -0.5 1.9 -1.1 -0.5 Jul-090.5 -0.3 0.0 3.1 -0.6 -0.6 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 5.6 -0.1 -1.8 -1.6 0.0 0.9 Aug-090.3 1.1 0.6 -0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.0 -2.8 -1.2 2.7 0.9 0.3 Sep-090.2 0.6 0.3 -1.0 0.1 -0.6 0.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.7 -2.3 -1.7 -0.5 1.0 0.0 Oct-09

-2.8 -0.4 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 -0.4 2.2 -0.8 0.6 -0.4 0.5 Nov-09-1.0 -1.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 1.3 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 -1.1 -0.2 0.5 0.0 -0.6 -1.2 Dec-09-1.3 -0.7 -0.8 2.0 -0.8 3.4 -0.8 -0.2 -0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 -1.1 -2.9 -2.9 Jan-10-1.8 -0.3 -0.9 0.8 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1.3 1.5 -0.6 1.7 3.0 -2.1 -2.9 Feb-100.6 0.8 0.1 2.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.4 1.7 -3.4 -0.6 -0.7 -0.1 -0.8 Mar-101.8 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.8 0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -0.3 3.0 -0.1 -3.2 -1.3 -0.7 Apr-10

-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -4.8 -0.9 -1.7 0.0 -0.3 -1.6 -1.3 0.2 4.2 5.2 -2.7 -4.6 May-10-1.6 -1.5 -0.6 -1.4 -0.5 -1.9 -0.1 -0.4 -0.7 0.0 2.8 0.7 2.7 -2.1 -2.1 Jun-10

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Table 2 cont'd: Relative price indicators based on HICP / CPI (vs. the rest of IC36)

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Monthly data (monthly % change)

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BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU1997 101.5 83.5 92.5 100.5 103.7 92.4 101.9 99.6 103.2 100.2 100.5 100.4 91.6 96.9 101.31998 102.2 98.5 100.9 101.2 102.8 95.8 98.4 100.2 103.3 100.3 101.5 101.4 93.8 99.5 99.11999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02000 96.6 101.1 101.1 96.1 92.1 98.2 94.4 98.0 95.0 98.3 95.6 98.1 109.6 109.9 102.62001 97.1 108.3 108.5 97.9 91.5 102.4 95.1 100.5 95.3 102.3 96.9 100.0 109.8 110.7 112.22002 97.8 110.9 121.5 99.5 91.8 104.2 96.9 103.4 96.7 106.7 99.3 99.9 107.9 113.2 126.02003 101.8 113.1 119.6 103.7 96.0 110.2 102.2 109.6 101.1 114.9 105.5 106.4 103.0 114.9 127.42004 103.1 116.5 122.9 105.3 96.2 113.0 103.6 112.7 101.7 117.3 107.5 108.1 104.7 116.3 133.52005 103.1 116.3 127.7 105.6 94.0 116.4 103.1 114.7 101.2 117.5 106.7 109.0 107.1 120.1 134.52006 103.5 123.4 133.2 105.6 92.6 122.3 103.8 117.1 101.9 119.5 106.5 110.1 114.7 124.5 128.52007 104.5 129.6 137.3 106.5 93.4 131.2 104.4 119.3 103.4 121.1 108.1 111.8 133.4 130.9 139.52008 105.7 141.3 152.8 109.5 93.9 136.6 106.3 121.4 105.5 121.3 110.1 116.1 149.9 139.4 141.82009 106.7 149.1 149.1 111.4 95.4 137.7 108.1 121.7 106.0 117.2 112.2 116.8 151.0 138.3 134.4

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUQ2-07 104.8 129.0 135.3 106.7 93.8 130.5 105.0 119.6 103.7 121.5 108.4 111.4 131.5 130.4 141.8Q3-07 104.8 130.7 136.8 106.8 93.6 132.3 104.9 119.8 103.8 121.1 108.5 112.0 137.0 132.6 140.2Q4-07 105.5 133.8 142.7 107.9 94.2 134.6 105.8 120.9 104.9 122.5 109.5 114.0 142.4 135.8 140.3Q1-08 106.1 138.1 149.9 109.4 94.5 136.4 106.9 122.0 105.9 123.4 110.4 115.9 148.0 139.0 137.5Q2-08 107.0 142.6 154.1 110.5 95.2 137.7 108.0 123.1 107.1 124.5 111.7 117.6 151.1 141.4 144.5Q3-08 106.1 142.8 157.8 110.2 94.2 137.1 106.9 122.0 106.3 121.9 110.8 117.0 151.0 140.9 151.4Q4-08 105.3 145.5 151.6 110.3 93.2 137.8 106.8 121.1 104.7 117.7 109.7 116.4 152.2 141.4 137.5Q1-09 106.6 149.4 142.7 112.2 95.3 139.6 108.6 122.4 106.0 118.2 111.7 118.0 155.6 142.8 127.2Q2-09 106.9 149.8 148.4 112.1 95.8 138.9 108.5 122.2 106.3 117.6 112.5 117.2 153.3 140.6 132.2Q3-09 107.2 150.0 154.6 111.7 96.0 137.6 108.8 122.1 106.5 117.3 113.1 116.8 151.0 138.0 140.2Q4-09 108.0 150.8 152.9 112.0 96.4 137.2 109.8 122.4 107.1 117.7 113.9 117.6 147.2 137.2 141.7Q1-10 106.5 148.0 150.8 109.6 94.1 134.3 108.6 120.2 105.0 114.0 111.6 116.2 142.1 134.4 141.4Q2-10 104.7 145.2 150.2 107.1 91.4 131.5 107.4 117.6 102.5 109.6 109.0 114.7 137.6 132.2 136.9

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU1997 100.2 88.5 96.1 101.2 101.3 95.1 99.3 99.5 102.4 100.2 97.9 95.7 90.0 101.4 100.91998 100.7 95.1 100.8 101.5 102.0 99.7 98.1 100.8 102.9 100.0 100.5 99.7 96.5 96.2 101.51999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02000 98.6 112.6 100.6 98.8 94.1 99.9 96.9 100.2 94.3 97.1 96.5 98.1 106.3 118.0 100.72001 99.9 112.8 103.9 101.0 94.0 107.0 98.8 101.7 93.7 101.8 98.4 100.0 108.5 117.7 104.42002 100.9 109.6 109.5 102.0 95.7 109.0 102.9 104.1 93.6 103.7 101.9 100.1 109.1 117.0 106.92003 104.2 113.2 109.4 105.8 99.3 114.5 109.1 108.4 96.7 105.3 108.0 103.2 111.6 121.0 105.92004 106.0 118.5 111.3 107.2 99.0 116.1 110.4 109.7 97.1 105.3 110.8 106.5 118.1 128.4 104.82005 107.6 122.9 113.6 109.3 96.5 116.6 110.0 111.4 96.5 103.3 112.0 107.6 120.6 134.0 103.12006 107.6 135.4 114.8 109.2 95.0 120.8 109.9 112.7 96.2 102.0 114.1 108.0 126.8 136.3 100.32007 109.4 142.7 115.5 111.0 95.0 127.8 110.9 114.7 97.1 102.7 118.5 109.4 140.3 141.8 99.82008 111.7 150.7 118.9 114.3 93.0 133.6 111.8 115.4 97.8 101.5 121.9 110.1 149.0 153.5 98.12009 110.3 143.3 115.5 110.3 94.0 127.5 114.7 116.8 98.0 105.5 126.2 112.4 151.3 140.8 94.1

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUQ2-07 109.3 141.8 115.1 110.7 95.7 126.5 111.7 115.2 97.5 103.6 118.7 109.6 139.4 140.0 102.1Q3-07 109.8 143.7 114.6 111.5 95.0 128.6 111.4 115.1 97.3 102.6 119.3 109.3 142.9 143.4 98.6Q4-07 111.1 147.2 116.7 113.3 94.8 131.7 111.8 115.7 98.0 102.7 120.7 110.0 145.9 148.8 97.3Q1-08 112.3 151.5 119.4 115.2 94.4 134.4 112.4 116.2 98.5 102.6 121.8 110.5 149.3 154.2 94.6Q2-08 113.4 154.6 119.9 116.2 94.4 135.8 113.1 116.8 99.3 103.1 123.4 111.0 150.3 157.3 99.4Q3-08 112.1 151.1 121.2 114.6 92.9 134.0 111.9 115.7 98.2 101.8 122.7 110.1 148.9 154.9 104.6Q4-08 110.4 148.7 116.1 112.8 91.7 132.2 112.2 115.1 96.7 100.2 121.9 110.0 149.4 151.5 95.6Q1-09 110.8 147.3 109.7 112.6 93.6 131.2 114.5 116.8 97.9 103.2 124.6 112.2 153.0 148.4 89.0Q2-09 110.3 143.6 114.8 110.7 94.2 128.2 115.0 117.1 98.2 105.2 126.1 112.4 151.9 142.4 92.8Q3-09 110.2 141.9 120.0 109.5 94.5 126.0 115.4 117.4 98.4 107.0 127.4 112.5 151.7 138.2 98.1Q4-09 111.1 143.5 118.7 110.1 95.0 126.2 116.3 118.0 99.0 108.6 129.1 113.4 150.6 138.2 98.3Q1-10 110.0 143.3 116.7 108.8 92.8 125.0 114.5 116.0 97.1 105.8 127.2 111.9 148.5 137.6 96.9Q2-10 108.8 144.0 115.8 107.8 90.3 124.4 112.7 113.6 94.8 101.9 124.8 110.1 147.0 138.5 92.5

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Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Table 3: Relative price indicators based on GDP deflator (vs. the rest of IC36)

Table 4: Relative price indicators based on export prices deflator (vs. the rest of IC36)

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

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MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU2799.7 100.0 102.5 100.1 98.2 89.7 97.5 107.1 101.2 105.0 95.1 96.8 94.6 104.5 103.0 1997

101.6 100.5 101.5 105.0 99.2 112.6 100.2 105.9 102.5 102.3 99.5 101.5 87.9 104.5 106.2 1998100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1999

99.6 99.3 96.7 108.6 98.3 111.5 95.5 109.2 95.7 98.1 101.8 103.7 107.4 89.8 88.4 2000101.8 103.0 96.5 120.7 99.9 116.4 96.2 109.5 97.7 90.1 100.1 109.5 94.0 91.5 90.5 2001103.8 105.6 96.2 115.2 102.1 116.7 98.1 112.4 98.3 91.9 101.9 107.9 85.9 94.3 95.4 2002107.7 109.6 98.6 101.7 106.3 120.5 100.7 122.6 100.6 97.5 98.6 97.5 82.2 104.2 106.3 2003109.3 109.1 99.1 101.3 107.2 126.7 100.3 132.8 100.5 97.4 103.3 91.3 80.6 106.1 111.4 2004109.5 109.3 98.7 114.2 107.1 154.5 98.9 136.9 98.4 93.5 101.8 90.6 75.6 104.3 109.4 2005111.6 109.2 98.6 117.3 107.6 172.4 99.0 143.3 97.4 93.4 103.2 90.6 68.6 104.1 110.8 2006115.8 109.3 99.0 122.7 109.2 202.0 100.7 155.6 99.4 95.3 105.7 86.3 62.2 106.8 117.8 2007118.4 111.7 99.3 134.1 110.4 206.7 102.1 169.3 99.7 93.6 92.6 82.0 66.9 109.6 118.3 2008118.5 111.6 101.0 113.1 111.3 185.2 104.6 175.5 100.8 86.7 82.4 87.6 75.7 112.1 112.3 2009

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27116.1 109.2 99.3 122.5 109.3 202.7 100.6 155.6 100.0 95.5 106.8 88.2 61.7 107.2 119.1 Q2-07116.4 109.4 99.1 123.0 109.4 212.1 101.0 156.1 99.9 95.5 106.9 86.0 62.0 107.2 119.4 Q3-07118.1 110.5 99.5 128.0 110.2 206.4 101.6 157.6 100.5 96.1 103.9 82.0 62.2 109.0 121.4 Q4-07119.1 111.8 99.8 131.5 110.8 201.1 102.2 160.6 100.7 95.9 97.9 80.1 65.3 110.5 121.6 Q1-08121.3 113.0 100.2 138.6 111.5 210.4 102.6 169.7 101.2 97.3 94.8 78.3 63.9 112.8 125.5 Q2-08120.3 112.1 99.4 142.3 110.8 215.8 102.0 173.8 100.1 95.6 93.7 80.6 63.1 110.5 122.1 Q3-08115.3 111.2 99.2 126.3 109.9 204.2 102.8 174.1 99.2 88.2 86.2 91.1 77.8 108.1 111.1 Q4-08116.5 112.3 101.0 108.2 111.1 185.1 105.0 178.1 101.0 83.8 80.0 93.9 80.8 112.1 109.2 Q1-09118.6 111.8 101.4 110.0 111.5 187.5 105.0 176.0 101.4 85.6 83.5 90.0 74.4 112.8 113.0 Q2-09119.9 111.4 101.4 117.3 111.8 185.9 104.6 174.0 101.4 89.1 85.1 85.8 74.3 112.9 115.9 Q3-09121.2 112.0 101.7 118.8 112.5 185.9 104.6 174.4 101.9 90.2 82.7 82.8 75.4 114.1 116.6 Q4-09118.2 110.3 100.0 123.2 111.1 192.1 103.1 172.6 99.7 92.2 82.9 84.4 76.3 109.1 110.5 Q1-10114.5 108.5 98.2 121.1 109.3 188.5 101.7 171.5 97.3 93.4 84.2 86.8 77.5 103.7 103.3 Q2-10

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU2795.0 102.5 98.2 94.2 98.5 104.0 102.2 123.1 107.0 104.4 99.4 97.2 96.5 102.1 102.1 199798.4 101.8 99.5 103.4 100.2 100.5 103.0 113.4 106.8 102.8 99.2 100.4 93.5 103.8 105.1 1998

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1999110.5 99.3 95.1 100.7 98.5 107.5 98.1 115.1 94.8 96.9 101.0 103.2 103.6 91.6 90.0 2000101.8 100.0 95.0 110.9 99.0 106.9 99.5 117.1 93.7 90.5 98.1 107.3 95.9 92.6 90.2 2001106.2 99.4 96.4 111.7 100.1 105.9 100.9 120.3 93.1 92.2 99.9 106.3 90.3 95.5 95.0 2002108.2 102.8 99.7 107.2 102.4 106.4 103.3 129.3 96.8 96.1 97.9 98.4 86.4 103.6 104.8 2003109.9 102.9 100.4 111.8 103.4 110.3 103.2 135.5 96.3 95.2 99.8 93.5 84.4 105.0 107.8 2004110.6 103.9 99.5 119.3 102.4 120.2 103.0 139.0 94.4 92.3 96.8 92.5 80.8 103.8 105.4 2005118.0 103.9 99.4 122.6 103.7 126.1 102.8 143.4 93.7 92.2 97.2 92.4 76.3 103.4 105.7 2006127.7 104.6 100.3 128.1 105.8 133.4 103.7 156.7 94.3 93.7 98.2 89.2 71.7 106.2 111.0 2007127.8 107.5 100.5 133.4 106.8 138.3 102.4 167.3 91.0 91.4 92.9 85.0 72.3 106.7 110.1 2008122.1 105.3 102.4 127.8 105.4 129.7 103.3 172.9 90.1 87.8 88.2 88.9 76.8 108.7 108.2 2009

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27128.0 104.2 100.6 129.8 105.9 133.9 103.9 156.9 95.3 94.1 98.3 90.8 71.6 106.7 111.9 Q2-07128.8 104.7 100.4 127.9 106.1 137.7 103.8 157.3 94.5 93.7 99.1 88.9 71.7 106.4 111.6 Q3-07130.5 106.2 100.8 129.4 106.9 133.6 103.7 158.0 94.0 93.6 98.0 85.1 71.0 107.6 112.8 Q4-07130.8 107.8 101.0 129.5 107.5 131.2 103.4 159.9 93.2 92.8 94.6 83.3 73.0 108.3 112.3 Q1-08131.8 109.0 101.3 135.0 108.2 139.2 103.0 167.7 92.6 94.1 94.0 81.3 69.8 109.8 115.7 Q2-08129.0 107.8 100.5 140.8 107.2 145.2 101.6 171.0 90.7 93.0 95.2 83.3 67.4 107.0 113.0 Q3-08121.8 106.1 100.3 130.0 105.6 139.7 101.9 171.0 89.2 87.0 89.5 93.4 81.5 104.3 103.8 Q4-08121.4 106.3 102.2 117.1 106.0 128.4 103.7 175.1 90.3 83.9 84.4 95.4 83.2 108.0 103.2 Q1-09122.2 105.2 102.7 124.4 105.7 131.3 103.5 173.3 90.4 86.7 89.3 90.9 75.6 108.8 108.1 Q2-09122.8 104.7 102.7 135.4 105.5 130.5 103.0 171.5 90.3 90.6 91.5 86.6 74.9 109.3 111.9 Q3-09123.9 105.5 103.0 136.6 105.8 130.2 103.3 171.9 90.8 91.0 88.9 84.0 75.5 111.0 113.0 Q4-09121.2 104.6 101.3 138.4 104.3 133.5 102.1 170.0 89.0 91.8 88.7 86.3 76.1 106.7 107.3 Q1-10117.8 103.7 99.4 131.6 102.6 129.7 101.1 168.7 87.1 91.4 89.6 89.7 77.3 102.0 100.4 Q2-10

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Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Table 3 cont'd: Relative price indicators based on GDP deflator (vs. the rest of IC36)

Table 4 cont'd: Relative price indicators based on export prices defl. (vs.the rest of IC36)

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

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BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU1997 101.2 75.3 94.6 97.9 103.8 95.3 102.3 100.9 103.3 105.9 106.1 105.8 96.4 91.1 107.31998 101.3 104.1 100.3 100.5 102.8 98.4 98.5 101.2 102.4 104.0 101.8 102.4 95.5 96.9 103.31999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02000 95.1 96.0 101.6 94.0 93.7 97.2 93.3 97.4 94.8 95.3 94.0 97.2 102.6 101.4 108.62001 97.4 105.6 109.9 97.0 92.3 98.5 90.4 98.6 95.1 98.3 95.3 97.6 98.3 98.8 114.92002 98.9 106.0 127.8 100.1 92.7 99.9 99.4 100.5 97.7 99.0 98.8 101.4 93.0 103.7 131.22003 102.1 109.9 129.5 105.3 97.0 106.6 102.5 105.3 102.3 107.3 106.6 113.2 90.7 107.2 133.82004 101.7 110.4 131.3 106.3 97.5 111.7 104.2 108.0 103.8 113.3 109.7 114.3 92.9 111.0 140.82005 101.6 109.3 137.6 106.9 94.4 112.9 104.3 109.4 103.7 117.1 110.3 114.7 99.8 114.6 144.32006 102.4 112.9 145.2 108.1 91.7 121.4 103.7 111.6 104.9 119.7 111.6 114.2 112.9 123.5 136.82007 103.8 125.8 149.9 112.3 91.2 138.7 105.0 114.9 106.2 122.9 112.8 112.3 139.1 127.1 148.72008 106.3 142.2 170.6 118.1 91.4 152.4 106.6 118.4 107.7 131.4 116.1 113.2 162.0 132.9 150.82009 108.6 155.4 161.5 122.4 94.4 153.1 110.7 116.1 107.8 125.0 118.8 117.7 148.3 134.2 136.0

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUQ2-07 103.9 124.4 147.1 112.3 91.6 136.8 105.9 114.8 106.5 122.0 113.0 112.7 135.7 127.0 150.9Q3-07 104.1 128.0 149.6 113.3 91.2 141.2 105.8 115.6 106.4 123.3 113.2 112.0 144.1 127.8 149.6Q4-07 105.1 132.4 157.5 115.1 91.6 146.1 106.4 117.4 107.4 127.3 114.6 112.6 152.8 130.0 150.2Q1-08 106.2 137.6 167.1 117.1 91.8 150.3 107.1 119.1 108.2 131.3 115.9 113.3 161.4 132.4 147.5Q2-08 107.4 142.8 172.9 118.9 92.5 153.5 107.9 120.5 109.4 134.9 117.7 114.2 165.5 134.4 154.7Q3-08 107.0 143.8 176.9 119.1 91.8 154.1 107.1 119.1 108.3 133.3 117.1 113.7 163.8 134.3 160.8Q4-08 106.6 147.6 168.5 120.1 91.2 155.1 107.8 117.5 106.6 128.5 116.1 114.1 160.9 135.5 144.1Q1-09 108.3 153.0 156.8 122.9 93.7 157.0 110.5 117.7 107.8 127.9 118.2 116.9 159.2 137.8 131.2Q2-09 108.9 155.1 161.1 123.3 94.7 155.4 111.3 116.6 108.1 125.8 119.0 117.7 151.9 136.4 134.3Q3-09 109.2 156.9 166.5 123.1 95.2 152.7 111.9 116.0 108.3 124.4 119.7 118.6 145.9 134.2 140.6Q4-09 109.9 159.5 164.4 123.2 95.9 151.0 112.9 116.3 109.0 124.1 120.8 120.4 140.1 133.2 141.0Q1-10 108.1 158.2 162.4 120.2 93.6 146.3 111.1 114.4 107.0 119.7 118.7 119.8 134.4 129.9 140.1Q2-10 106.0 156.6 162.7 116.9 91.0 141.9 109.2 112.5 104.7 115.0 116.2 118.7 130.2 127.0 135.4

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU1997 100.7 : 97.5 96.9 100.4 99.4 105.4 103.6 108.1 118.6 101.2 103.8 105.3 83.2 112.81998 99.5 : 111.4 99.5 101.4 102.3 96.8 102.2 103.3 108.2 100.0 101.8 100.8 83.4 104.11999 100.0 : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02000 95.4 : 98.1 94.7 94.1 99.5 93.6 99.2 94.3 97.5 94.5 98.1 108.4 97.4 104.22001 97.9 : 111.7 98.0 92.7 98.6 91.1 100.5 93.5 94.7 96.3 99.4 95.3 90.9 113.12002 98.9 : 123.3 102.6 95.0 104.4 110.9 103.3 95.5 87.0 101.1 103.7 87.5 92.0 122.12003 103.7 : 128.5 111.7 99.1 109.5 113.4 111.2 97.7 95.1 113.1 109.4 87.7 99.8 117.52004 104.0 : 126.2 113.7 99.1 113.6 112.0 115.9 101.0 102.0 120.0 117.3 89.4 107.0 125.62005 103.8 : 129.1 116.0 94.9 114.0 103.3 119.4 99.4 107.5 123.0 123.9 95.8 111.5 129.92006 107.4 : 130.0 120.4 92.4 121.7 108.5 123.0 102.3 108.2 125.1 135.4 113.1 115.9 120.92007 107.3 : 132.5 126.7 93.1 135.0 108.2 126.7 104.3 103.0 128.4 138.0 138.5 118.1 128.62008 107.8 : 140.7 132.9 93.9 146.1 97.6 131.7 105.3 109.7 136.3 141.4 158.4 117.3 131.82009 106.5 : 132.5 133.7 104.8 155.4 102.7 125.6 102.0 101.5 145.0 142.0 144.0 114.4 115.2

BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HUQ2-07 107.7 : 131.3 126.5 93.8 134.1 111.3 126.2 104.5 102.2 128.2 138.0 135.6 118.9 130.1Q3-07 107.2 : 132.1 127.9 93.2 136.9 108.0 127.5 104.6 102.2 129.1 137.7 143.1 118.9 129.2Q4-07 107.9 : 136.3 130.2 93.1 140.2 104.4 130.1 105.7 105.5 131.5 139.3 150.9 119.3 130.5Q1-08 108.6 : 141.1 132.6 93.0 143.1 101.1 132.7 106.6 109.4 134.1 141.2 158.6 119.5 129.0Q2-08 109.4 : 142.9 134.4 93.9 146.0 98.7 134.5 107.5 113.0 137.4 142.9 162.1 119.3 135.9Q3-08 108.2 : 144.3 133.9 94.4 147.8 96.5 132.6 105.8 111.6 138.2 141.8 159.9 117.4 140.9Q4-08 106.7 : 137.0 133.7 96.0 151.3 97.2 129.7 103.1 106.7 138.6 140.8 156.7 117.2 125.2Q1-09 107.3 : 127.9 135.5 101.2 156.2 100.9 128.7 103.1 105.1 142.8 142.4 154.8 118.2 112.6Q2-09 106.9 : 132.1 134.8 104.8 157.5 103.1 126.3 102.4 102.3 145.2 141.6 147.5 116.4 114.0Q3-09 106.6 : 137.1 133.7 106.9 156.6 104.7 124.8 101.9 100.4 146.9 141.6 141.6 114.2 118.5Q4-09 107.1 : 135.5 133.7 108.2 155.3 105.8 124.9 102.4 100.0 148.4 143.5 135.9 113.3 118.6Q1-10 105.5 : 133.8 130.6 105.3 150.1 103.8 123.1 100.7 96.6 145.6 143.0 130.4 110.6 118.0Q2-10 103.8 : 133.7 127.4 101.5 144.7 101.4 121.4 98.8 93.2 142.1 142.4 126.4 108.2 114.5

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Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Table 5: Relative cost indicators based on ULCE (vs. the rest of IC36)

Table 6: Relative cost indicators based on ULCM (vs. the rest of IC36)

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

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MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27100.3 99.2 102.9 102.5 99.0 77.7 100.9 109.8 103.7 108.0 93.6 95.1 95.7 107.1 106.3 1997102.2 100.8 102.0 106.6 99.8 123.0 102.3 109.1 102.6 104.4 99.3 100.8 88.4 104.7 107.7 1998100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1999

95.3 98.1 95.2 105.9 99.7 129.0 97.1 109.2 93.9 102.8 103.8 105.4 105.4 89.3 89.4 2000102.6 101.3 94.3 120.9 101.2 141.8 98.2 106.9 96.1 96.8 103.2 110.1 91.5 90.4 91.6 2001103.3 105.3 93.5 110.7 103.4 115.5 99.4 110.4 96.8 97.9 104.3 108.4 82.7 94.1 97.4 2002110.8 110.3 96.1 94.1 108.6 117.6 100.9 119.3 100.9 102.8 101.1 98.3 77.7 104.6 109.3 2003111.9 110.6 95.8 89.3 109.3 111.6 102.4 127.9 101.7 103.2 106.7 92.0 75.6 107.6 115.6 2004109.9 108.4 95.1 99.2 110.9 148.4 100.8 135.3 102.1 99.2 106.1 90.6 71.7 105.5 114.0 2005110.6 108.2 95.4 100.3 110.6 158.6 100.9 141.2 101.4 97.7 107.6 90.9 64.9 105.1 115.0 2006113.7 109.4 95.3 104.0 110.8 189.1 101.7 152.8 101.2 101.3 110.6 86.9 57.8 106.8 121.7 2007117.8 111.2 95.5 116.9 112.7 192.3 104.5 164.0 104.9 98.5 95.9 81.6 62.7 110.4 123.7 2008116.2 114.9 98.0 94.6 115.2 179.9 111.8 179.9 111.0 91.1 86.8 83.3 71.5 115.5 120.6 2009

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27113.6 109.7 95.7 103.1 110.8 190.1 101.6 153.6 101.5 101.8 112.1 88.8 57.3 107.2 122.9 Q2-07114.2 109.6 95.4 104.2 110.8 200.0 101.8 153.2 101.4 102.0 112.0 86.7 57.4 107.0 123.2 Q3-07116.5 110.2 95.7 109.9 111.7 193.5 102.3 153.2 102.5 102.3 108.3 82.7 57.7 108.9 125.4 Q4-07118.3 110.9 96.0 114.4 112.6 186.8 103.2 154.7 103.8 101.5 101.5 80.7 60.9 110.6 125.9 Q1-08120.9 111.8 96.4 121.6 113.6 194.2 104.2 163.0 105.6 102.5 98.0 78.5 59.8 113.3 130.5 Q2-08119.9 111.4 95.7 124.7 113.3 200.0 104.6 168.2 106.0 100.4 96.9 80.0 59.3 111.6 127.8 Q3-08114.4 111.6 95.7 109.3 112.8 191.9 106.8 171.3 106.7 92.6 89.6 89.2 73.3 109.9 117.2 Q4-08114.9 114.1 97.6 92.2 114.4 177.2 110.6 179.0 110.0 88.1 83.7 90.6 76.3 114.7 116.2 Q1-09116.2 114.9 98.2 92.3 115.2 182.3 112.0 180.3 111.6 90.1 88.0 85.7 70.3 116.1 121.2 Q2-09117.2 115.4 98.5 97.3 115.9 181.9 112.4 180.3 112.2 93.9 90.0 81.0 70.2 116.8 125.0 Q3-09118.7 116.1 99.2 98.3 116.9 181.4 113.0 181.0 112.8 94.8 87.4 78.0 71.2 118.4 125.9 Q4-09116.4 114.0 97.8 102.2 115.7 185.4 111.4 178.2 110.1 96.6 87.2 79.6 71.9 113.4 119.4 Q1-10113.4 111.6 96.3 101.0 114.2 179.0 109.8 175.5 107.0 97.5 88.2 82.2 72.9 107.8 111.4 Q2-10

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27: 100.6 102.5 105.4 96.6 96.8 98.4 130.0 107.7 118.1 89.8 99.5 92.1 106.8 105.7 1997: 101.0 102.8 108.4 98.1 148.2 101.1 114.5 105.5 110.7 98.8 102.0 87.9 103.8 107.7 1998: 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1999: 96.1 94.1 104.0 98.9 122.8 95.9 120.3 89.9 100.5 103.6 104.5 106.0 89.4 88.5 2000: 99.0 93.2 109.4 98.7 145.9 95.8 107.4 91.3 97.3 100.5 107.8 97.7 89.6 88.9 2001: 101.7 93.8 95.9 101.5 135.6 93.7 111.2 88.4 93.8 103.1 100.8 91.6 94.0 95.1 2002: 107.6 97.9 79.0 104.5 133.9 93.4 112.5 91.1 96.6 98.9 93.0 83.1 105.3 106.9 2003: 107.5 98.9 74.7 107.3 139.8 96.2 105.1 92.7 93.4 103.2 83.4 81.6 110.2 114.7 2004: 104.4 97.9 84.2 109.1 186.5 96.2 103.0 92.6 88.9 103.7 82.8 75.1 107.1 112.6 2005: 104.8 94.9 81.2 110.8 201.8 95.1 109.2 87.4 84.0 105.9 79.7 70.5 108.1 114.4 2006: 105.5 93.4 82.9 112.2 245.3 94.5 112.7 83.4 88.4 109.5 74.6 63.9 110.2 121.7 2007: 108.9 91.9 90.2 113.6 248.5 95.7 116.4 83.8 87.8 95.4 70.0 68.9 114.6 124.0 2008: 110.6 95.8 70.1 113.3 224.0 98.1 112.1 92.3 79.0 89.5 70.2 77.1 124.1 126.4 2009

MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP EA16 EU27: 105.3 94.0 82.4 112.3 246.3 94.5 113.3 84.2 88.4 111.1 76.1 63.4 110.7 123.3 Q2-07: 105.5 93.3 83.1 112.5 259.8 94.5 112.0 83.0 89.5 111.0 74.4 63.5 110.3 123.3 Q3-07: 106.8 93.0 87.0 113.4 252.0 95.0 111.9 82.8 90.6 107.1 71.0 63.9 112.1 125.1 Q4-07: 108.3 92.5 89.8 114.2 243.4 95.6 113.0 82.9 90.6 100.3 69.4 67.3 113.8 125.3 Q1-08: 109.8 92.4 94.4 115.1 252.5 96.1 118.0 83.8 91.8 96.9 67.5 66.0 116.9 130.1 Q2-08: 109.4 91.8 95.6 114.2 258.1 95.6 118.8 84.4 89.6 96.4 68.6 65.2 115.9 128.4 Q3-08: 109.1 92.1 82.8 112.8 245.0 96.4 116.4 85.8 82.0 90.1 76.1 80.1 115.4 119.3 Q4-08: 110.8 94.7 69.0 113.4 223.4 98.4 116.4 89.9 77.2 85.3 76.8 82.8 121.8 120.1 Q1-09: 110.7 95.9 68.5 113.4 227.4 98.4 112.8 92.5 78.3 90.7 72.2 75.9 124.5 126.9 Q2-09: 110.6 96.7 71.8 113.6 225.4 98.1 110.0 93.9 81.0 93.3 68.1 75.5 126.1 132.0 Q3-09: 111.1 97.4 72.4 114.4 224.3 98.4 109.7 94.7 81.7 90.8 65.5 76.5 128.0 133.3 Q4-09: 109.3 95.9 75.4 113.4 229.5 97.2 108.6 92.2 83.3 90.5 66.9 77.3 122.4 126.1 Q1-10: 107.3 94.3 74.8 112.2 222.5 96.2 108.4 89.1 84.4 91.2 69.2 78.6 116.0 117.2 Q2-10

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Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

Table 5 cont'd: Relative cost indicators based on ULCE (vs. the rest of IC36)

Table 6 cont'd: Relative cost indicators based on ULCM (vs. the rest of IC36)

Annual data (index 1999 = 100)

Quarterly data (index 1999 = 100)

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country BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU MT NL ATBL 0 0.2 1.0 1.1 21.1 0.1 0.8 4.5 16.8 0.8 7.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.0 7.5 1.7BG 3.4 0 1.2 0.7 16.4 0.1 7.7 3.4 6.8 0.6 12.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.0 4.3 2.3CZ 3.3 0.4 0 1.2 30.6 0.1 0.5 3.3 7.7 0.6 7.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 2.4 0.0 5.3 4.3DK 2.7 0.1 1.0 0 18.9 0.3 0.8 3.4 6.5 1.1 5.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.0 4.8 1.3DE 4.0 0.3 2.0 1.7 0 0.1 0.8 5.6 11.8 1.0 9.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.4 0.0 6.6 4.8EE 2.4 0.2 1.0 3.3 13.2 0 0.3 1.7 3.9 0.5 3.8 0.0 7.1 4.3 0.9 0.0 4.2 1.3GR 3.9 3.2 0.9 1.0 15.8 0.1 0 4.7 7.8 0.6 13.2 4.2 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.0 4.1 2.3ES 3.5 0.2 0.8 1.0 14.7 0.1 1.2 0 18.6 0.8 10.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.0 4.4 1.4FR 4.4 0.2 1.0 1.0 18.8 0.1 1.0 9.3 0 1.1 10.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.0 5.9 1.6IE 4.6 0.1 0.6 0.8 12.4 0.0 0.5 3.9 8.1 0 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 5.9 0.8IT 3.3 0.4 1.1 1.0 17.6 0.1 2.0 7.5 13.0 0.8 0 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.0 4.3 2.5CY 4.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 12.7 0.1 17.7 3.0 6.1 1.1 7.3 0 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.1 4.1 2.1LV 2.6 0.3 1.3 3.9 16.9 5.0 0.3 2.4 4.0 0.8 4.8 0.2 0 9.3 1.2 0.0 4.4 1.5LT 2.7 0.4 1.5 3.8 19.0 2.7 0.2 2.4 5.7 0.6 5.7 0.0 8.4 0 1.5 0.0 4.9 1.6HU 3.0 0.6 2.9 1.1 28.5 0.1 0.9 3.8 7.0 0.7 8.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0 0.0 4.8 4.1MT 2.4 0.1 0.6 0.8 15.3 0.0 0.2 1.7 12.8 0.6 5.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 2.8 0.9NL 5.4 0.2 1.3 1.4 25.9 0.1 0.8 4.3 11.2 1.5 7.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.0 0 1.8AT 3.0 0.5 2.3 1.0 28.4 0.1 0.8 3.7 6.5 0.5 10.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.1 0.0 4.2 0PL 3.3 0.4 3.0 2.1 27.6 0.4 0.5 3.6 8.1 0.6 8.7 0.0 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.0 5.5 2.7PT 3.4 0.1 0.7 0.9 15.2 0.1 0.5 22.9 14.0 0.7 6.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 4.3 1.2RO 2.8 1.7 1.5 0.7 20.4 0.1 1.7 3.2 9.2 0.5 17.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.4 0.0 4.0 2.9SI 2.7 0.6 2.5 1.3 25.3 0.2 0.5 2.7 7.8 0.4 14.2 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.6 0.0 4.5 5.6SK 3.1 0.3 4.5 1.3 26.1 0.1 0.7 3.7 8.4 0.5 8.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 2.8 0.0 5.2 4.9FI 3.0 0.2 1.0 2.4 17.0 1.1 0.6 3.4 6.1 0.7 5.7 0.0 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.0 5.4 1.4SE 3.2 0.2 0.8 5.8 15.0 0.4 0.5 3.4 7.0 0.8 5.2 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.0 5.2 1.3UK 3.8 0.1 0.8 1.3 15.6 0.1 0.6 4.9 10.2 4.8 6.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.0 6.2 1.1US 2.5 0.1 0.4 0.6 10.3 0.0 0.2 2.1 5.3 0.9 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 3.6 0.8JP 2.7 0.1 0.5 0.6 12.4 0.0 0.2 1.8 5.2 0.8 4.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 3.8 0.9MX 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.9 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.2CA 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.8 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.5 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.2CH 2.7 0.2 0.9 0.9 20.4 0.1 0.8 4.0 9.5 0.7 9.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 4.1 2.5NO 3.2 0.1 0.8 2.9 15.0 0.1 0.2 2.9 8.9 1.3 4.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 6.6 0.8AU 2.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 7.8 0.0 0.2 1.4 4.0 0.6 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.6 0.6NZ 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.7 7.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.7 0.5 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.6TR 3.6 1.2 1.0 1.2 17.5 0.1 2.1 5.3 9.1 0.7 10.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.1 4.8 1.9

EA16 0 0.7 3.3 2.9 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.7 2.8 0 0 0EU27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

country BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU MT NL ATBL 0 0.2 1.2 1.6 27.2 0.1 0.9 5.4 19.3 1.4 9.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.0 9.7 2.2BG 4.9 0 1.4 1.2 23.3 0.2 8.0 4.2 9.2 1.2 14.9 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.5 0.1 6.0 3.0CZ 4.1 0.4 0 1.5 34.6 0.1 0.5 3.7 8.9 0.9 8.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 2.6 0.0 6.3 4.7DK 4.3 0.2 1.3 0 26.5 0.3 0.8 4.3 9.1 1.9 7.8 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.0 6.7 2.0DE 6.7 0.4 2.4 2.6 0 0.2 1.0 7.1 16.1 2.3 13.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.9 0.1 9.9 6.0EE 3.6 0.3 1.1 3.8 18.1 0 0.3 2.4 5.8 1.0 5.7 0.0 7.3 4.4 1.0 0.0 5.4 1.8GR 5.2 3.6 1.1 1.3 21.0 0.1 0 5.6 9.9 1.1 15.5 4.4 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.1 5.4 2.8ES 5.0 0.2 1.0 1.4 20.6 0.1 1.3 0 21.4 1.5 12.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 6.1 1.9FR 6.4 0.3 1.3 1.5 27.0 0.1 1.1 10.6 0 2.0 14.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.1 8.3 2.3IE 7.1 0.2 0.9 1.5 22.1 0.1 0.6 5.4 11.8 0 8.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 8.8 1.6IT 5.4 0.5 1.4 1.7 26.4 0.2 2.1 8.9 16.5 1.7 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.1 6.7 3.3CY 5.8 0.6 1.0 1.0 16.5 0.1 18.3 3.6 8.0 1.5 9.2 0 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 5.3 2.5LV 3.4 0.3 1.4 4.4 20.5 5.2 0.4 2.8 5.4 1.2 6.1 0.2 0 9.6 1.1 0.0 5.2 1.9LT 3.8 0.4 1.5 4.3 23.6 2.8 0.3 3.0 7.5 1.1 7.4 0.0 8.7 0 1.3 0.0 5.9 2.0HU 3.9 0.7 3.1 1.4 32.9 0.1 1.0 4.3 8.4 1.0 9.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0 0.0 5.9 4.5MT 5.0 0.2 0.9 1.5 26.8 0.1 0.3 3.1 17.6 1.9 10.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 0 5.5 1.8NL 7.0 0.3 1.5 1.8 31.9 0.1 0.8 5.1 13.5 2.2 9.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.0 0 2.3AT 4.3 0.6 2.6 1.4 34.8 0.1 0.9 4.5 8.5 1.1 12.9 0.1 0.2 0.3 2.4 0.0 5.6 0PL 4.2 0.4 3.2 2.4 32.0 0.4 0.6 4.1 9.5 1.0 10.1 0.1 0.7 1.3 2.1 0.0 6.6 3.1PT 4.5 0.2 0.8 1.2 19.8 0.1 0.6 24.1 16.2 1.2 8.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 5.7 1.6RO 3.9 1.9 1.8 1.1 26.0 0.1 1.8 3.8 11.1 1.0 19.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.7 0.0 5.4 3.5SI 3.6 0.7 2.5 1.6 29.3 0.2 0.5 3.2 9.3 0.9 15.8 0.0 0.2 0.5 2.5 0.0 5.3 6.1SK 3.8 0.4 4.8 1.5 29.7 0.1 0.7 4.1 9.5 0.8 9.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 3.0 0.0 6.1 5.3FI 5.0 0.3 1.2 3.0 25.3 1.2 0.7 4.5 9.3 1.6 8.8 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.0 7.7 2.1SE 5.2 0.3 1.2 6.5 24.5 0.5 0.6 4.6 10.3 1.8 8.6 0.0 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.0 7.7 2.2UK 6.6 0.2 1.1 2.1 27.0 0.1 0.8 6.6 14.6 7.0 10.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 9.5 2.0US 6.4 0.2 0.8 1.9 26.8 0.1 0.4 5.4 11.8 2.1 11.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 7.6 2.3JP 6.6 0.2 0.9 1.6 29.1 0.1 0.4 3.7 11.6 2.8 10.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 7.8 2.2MX 6.8 0.1 0.7 1.8 27.7 0.1 0.3 4.3 9.8 5.2 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 6.9 2.2CA 6.7 0.1 0.7 1.8 27.1 0.1 0.3 3.2 9.9 5.2 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 6.9 2.2CH 4.7 0.3 1.2 1.5 29.3 0.1 0.9 5.2 12.9 1.7 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.1 6.3 3.2NO 4.5 0.1 0.9 3.3 20.1 0.1 0.3 3.5 10.9 1.9 5.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.0 8.3 1.2AU 6.4 0.2 0.8 1.9 27.9 0.1 0.3 3.5 12.3 2.6 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.2 7.3 2.2NZ 6.3 0.2 0.8 2.2 26.7 0.1 0.4 4.1 11.6 2.9 10.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 6.8 2.3TR 4.8 1.2 1.2 1.5 22.4 0.2 2.2 6.1 11.2 1.2 13.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.1 6.2 2.4

EA16 0 1.7 6.0 7.4 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 1.3 5.5 0 0 0

Table 7.1: Double export weights (2007) in relation to the rest of IC36

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Table 7.2: Double export weights (2007) in relation to (the rest of) EU27

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PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP MX CA CH NO AU NZ TR sum country1.8 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.9 8.8 9.5 3.9 0.5 1.1 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.1 1.7 100 BL2.5 0.3 3.9 1.1 0.6 1.1 1.3 4.3 6.1 3.1 0.3 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 11.3 100 BG5.7 0.5 1.3 0.7 2.4 1.0 2.0 6.2 4.7 2.4 0.3 0.4 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.1 1.3 100 CZ2.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 2.8 10.5 9.0 9.9 4.8 0.5 1.3 1.3 5.4 1.2 0.2 1.1 100 DK4.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.7 9.0 12.8 5.9 0.9 1.2 3.4 1.4 1.4 0.2 2.3 100 DE3.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 13.7 10.6 4.7 7.1 2.8 0.3 1.1 0.9 3.5 0.4 0.1 2.2 100 EE1.9 0.9 3.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.5 7.0 7.4 3.3 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.1 4.9 100 GR1.6 7.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.4 8.5 9.0 3.5 1.9 0.9 1.6 1.2 1.1 0.2 2.3 100 ES1.9 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.8 9.7 11.7 5.8 0.8 1.2 2.4 1.0 1.4 0.2 2.1 100 FR1.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.5 17.4 20.8 5.1 1.0 1.2 2.7 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.9 100 IE2.6 1.0 1.4 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.6 7.4 12.3 5.3 1.2 1.3 3.1 0.9 1.5 0.2 2.9 100 IT1.1 0.5 2.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.4 14.5 5.1 4.8 0.2 0.6 1.1 0.7 1.3 0.2 2.2 100 CY5.5 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 5.4 7.3 7.8 4.3 2.5 0.2 0.6 1.1 2.7 0.3 0.1 1.4 100 LV6.9 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.6 3.5 4.5 6.0 5.6 2.5 0.2 0.8 1.1 2.6 0.3 0.1 2.3 100 LT4.5 0.7 3.7 0.9 1.5 1.1 1.6 5.8 5.2 2.6 0.4 0.5 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.1 2.4 100 HU1.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.9 1.1 10.3 18.4 14.1 0.6 1.4 1.2 0.7 2.1 0.2 0.9 100 MT2.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.3 2.2 10.4 8.6 3.6 0.6 0.9 1.7 1.3 0.8 0.1 1.6 100 NL3.2 0.6 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.5 5.0 8.2 3.7 0.5 1.0 3.4 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.7 100 AT

0 0.5 1.5 0.7 1.2 1.5 3.2 7.1 4.6 2.4 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.4 0.1 2.0 100 PL1.1 0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.5 7.2 8.4 3.5 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 1.3 100 PT2.8 0.3 0 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.3 5.4 5.4 2.7 0.3 0.5 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.1 7.3 100 RO4.6 0.4 2.0 0 1.2 1.6 1.6 4.1 4.5 2.5 0.3 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.1 2.3 100 SI6.0 0.5 1.7 0.7 0 1.0 1.9 5.9 4.6 2.0 0.3 0.5 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.7 100 SK3.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0 8.2 7.4 11.6 6.4 0.6 1.3 1.5 3.3 1.4 0.2 2.1 100 FI2.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 5.3 0 8.2 11.9 4.8 0.7 1.5 1.3 8.2 1.7 0.2 1.4 100 SE1.4 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.2 2.4 0 19.6 6.5 0.8 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.9 0.3 1.7 100 UK0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.2 6.4 0 17.0 12.6 21.3 2.0 0.8 3.6 0.5 1.1 100 US0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.3 5.7 39.3 0 2.2 3.4 1.9 0.8 6.8 0.9 1.0 100 JP0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.3 81.1 3.0 0 4.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 100 MX0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 3.2 76.9 5.0 2.4 0 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.3 100 CA1.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.3 6.3 15.0 8.3 1.0 1.8 0 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.8 100 CH1.5 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.5 5.1 23.8 10.0 3.6 0.4 2.8 1.1 0 0.7 0.1 0.7 100 NO0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.0 6.2 19.3 36.0 0.8 2.2 1.7 0.5 0 5.5 0.9 100 AU0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.8 5.9 20.8 20.0 1.9 2.3 1.0 0.6 22.3 0 0.7 100 NZ2.3 0.7 3.0 0.7 0.5 1.3 1.6 9.7 9.7 4.2 0.4 0.9 1.6 0.9 1.0 0.2 0 100 TR6.7 0 2.0 0 0 0 4.9 18.5 23.7 11.7 1.8 2.4 6.0 2.0 3.1 0.5 5.6 100 EA16

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40.6 20.9 2.7 4.1 9.3 4.3 5.6 0.9 11.5 100 EU27

PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK sum country2.1 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.4 2.7 11.6 100 BL2.9 0.5 4.2 1.2 0.7 1.5 2.6 6.5 100 BG5.9 0.6 1.4 0.7 2.6 1.2 2.6 7.6 100 CZ3.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 3.4 11.9 12.1 100 DK4.6 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.0 2.4 4.4 13.9 100 DE3.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 14.6 11.9 6.6 100 EE2.2 1.1 4.0 0.8 0.5 1.3 2.3 9.2 100 GR1.9 7.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.2 2.3 11.4 100 ES2.3 1.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 1.5 3.0 13.4 100 FR1.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.4 2.9 22.7 100 IE3.0 1.2 1.6 0.8 0.6 1.7 2.9 11.3 100 IT1.1 0.7 2.7 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.9 16.8 100 CY5.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 5.5 8.4 9.4 100 LV6.7 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 3.5 5.7 7.8 100 LT4.6 0.8 3.9 0.9 1.5 1.2 2.3 7.3 100 HU1.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 2.8 2.5 15.8 100 MT2.5 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.7 3.0 13.0 100 NL3.6 0.7 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.4 7.3 100 AT

0 0.5 1.7 0.6 1.3 1.6 4.0 8.6 100 PL1.3 0 0.5 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.1 9.4 100 PT3.2 0.4 0 0.7 0.9 1.2 2.2 7.2 100 RO4.4 0.5 2.2 0 1.2 1.4 2.6 5.4 100 SI6.2 0.5 1.8 0.8 0 1.2 2.4 7.1 100 SK3.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0 9.8 11.0 100 FI3.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 6.2 0 11.9 100 SE1.9 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 2.0 3.9 0 100 UK1.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.8 3.4 14.0 100 US1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.4 2.1 3.3 13.5 100 JP0.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.6 3.5 16.4 100 MX0.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.7 3.6 17.8 100 CA1.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.4 2.5 10.5 100 CH1.7 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.8 5.8 27.1 100 NO0.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.5 3.3 15.0 100 AU0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.9 3.8 15.8 100 NZ2.6 0.9 3.1 0.7 0.5 1.7 2.3 12.2 100 TR

10.2 0 3.5 0 0 0 14.7 48.3 100 EA16

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Table 7.2 cont'd: Double export weights (2007) in relation to (the rest of) EU27

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country BL DE GR ES FR IE IT CY MT NL AT PT SI SK FI sumBL 0 35.8 1.0 6.4 22.2 2.2 11.9 0.1 0.1 12.9 3.0 1.1 0.5 0.9 2.1 100BG 6.5 30.5 8.5 5.4 11.5 1.4 18.3 0.3 0.1 8.2 3.9 0.6 1.6 1.2 2.1 100CZ 5.7 43.8 0.7 4.6 11.1 1.5 10.8 0.0 0.0 8.9 5.8 0.7 1.0 3.5 2.0 100DK 7.1 38.0 1.0 5.7 12.4 3.2 10.4 0.1 0.1 11.0 2.8 1.0 0.5 0.9 6.0 100DE 11.1 0 1.3 9.4 22.1 4.3 19.0 0.1 0.1 16.2 8.0 1.5 1.0 1.9 4.0 100EE 6.6 33.3 0.5 3.8 9.1 1.7 9.3 0.0 0.0 10.2 3.0 0.7 0.9 1.2 19.8 100GR 7.4 30.3 0 6.8 12.9 2.0 18.1 4.8 0.1 8.5 3.6 1.3 1.0 1.0 2.1 100ES 6.7 28.1 1.4 0 24.3 2.3 14.9 0.1 0.1 8.6 2.7 7.8 0.5 0.8 1.8 100FR 8.8 36.8 1.3 12.0 0 3.1 17.2 0.1 0.1 11.6 3.2 1.8 0.6 1.0 2.3 100IE 10.0 34.2 0.8 6.8 15.6 0 12.3 0.0 0.1 12.7 2.8 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.4 100IT 7.7 36.3 2.3 10.3 20.1 2.8 0 0.2 0.1 9.9 4.2 1.5 1.0 1.1 2.5 100CY 8.1 26.0 19.0 4.9 11.1 2.5 12.3 0 0.1 8.2 3.6 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.8 100LV 6.8 37.6 0.5 4.7 9.0 2.1 10.4 0.2 0.0 10.7 3.2 0.5 1.3 1.3 11.5 100LT 6.2 39.6 0.5 4.4 10.3 1.6 11.3 0.0 0.0 10.8 3.5 0.6 1.6 1.5 8.1 100HU 5.5 42.3 1.2 5.2 10.7 1.6 12.5 0.1 0.0 8.4 5.8 0.9 1.3 2.5 2.0 100MT 6.8 35.9 0.4 4.1 20.8 2.7 12.9 0.1 0 7.9 2.6 1.0 0.3 0.6 3.7 100NL 9.6 42.4 1.0 6.3 16.8 3.3 12.1 0.1 0.1 0 3.2 1.1 0.5 1.0 2.5 100AT 6.3 43.8 1.0 5.6 11.2 2.0 15.5 0.1 0.1 8.4 0 0.9 1.5 1.6 2.1 100PL 5.9 41.6 0.7 5.1 11.7 1.6 12.6 0.1 0.0 9.7 4.1 0.7 1.1 2.1 3.1 100PT 5.8 25.6 0.7 25.5 18.4 1.8 10.0 0.1 0.0 7.5 2.1 0 0.3 0.6 1.6 100RO 5.3 33.5 2.3 4.8 13.3 1.4 22.4 0.1 0.1 7.6 4.4 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.7 100SI 5.6 37.6 0.6 4.2 12.0 1.9 17.9 0.0 0.0 8.4 7.0 0.7 0 1.9 2.1 100SK 6.3 39.5 0.9 5.5 12.9 2.1 12.8 0.1 0.0 9.7 6.1 0.7 1.0 0 2.4 100FI 7.8 38.0 0.9 6.1 13.3 2.9 12.5 0.1 0.1 12.0 3.4 0.9 0.7 1.3 0 100SE 7.5 34.1 0.7 6.0 13.1 2.8 10.8 0.1 0.1 11.8 2.9 1.0 0.5 0.8 8.0 100UK 7.6 31.3 0.8 6.8 15.9 7.6 11.7 0.1 0.1 10.9 2.4 1.1 0.3 0.6 2.6 100US 8.5 34.8 0.5 6.7 15.0 3.0 14.2 0.0 0.1 10.0 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.5 2.5 100JP 8.5 37.3 0.5 4.6 14.8 3.8 12.9 0.1 0.2 10.1 2.8 0.9 0.3 0.5 2.7 100MX 9.1 36.6 0.4 5.4 12.9 7.0 12.6 0.0 0.1 9.1 2.9 1.0 0.2 0.5 2.2 100CA 9.1 36.6 0.4 4.3 13.3 7.1 12.7 0.0 0.1 9.5 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.5 2.3 100CH 6.4 36.7 1.0 6.1 15.4 2.5 15.3 0.0 0.1 8.6 3.9 1.0 0.4 0.7 2.0 100NO 8.5 33.8 0.4 5.4 16.0 4.3 9.5 0.0 0.1 14.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.8 3.3 100AU 8.5 36.3 0.4 4.5 15.8 3.6 13.3 0.0 0.2 9.7 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.4 3.2 100NZ 8.5 35.5 0.5 5.3 15.2 4.1 14.2 0.1 0.1 9.3 3.0 0.8 0.2 0.4 2.6 100TR 6.9 31.4 2.7 7.4 14.3 2.1 16.7 0.1 0.2 9.2 3.4 1.0 1.1 0.9 2.6 100

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Table 7.3: Double export weights (2007) in relation to (the rest of) EA16

country BL BG CZ DK DE EE GR ES FR IE IT CY LV LT HU MT NL AT PL PTBL 0 0.1 0.9 1.1 19.2 0.1 0.7 4.3 16.0 0.7 6.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 6.3 1.5 1.6 0.7BG 2.6 0 1.0 0.6 13.7 0.1 7.4 3.1 6.1 0.5 11.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.0 3.6 2.0 2.1 0.3CZ 2.8 0.3 0 1.1 28.1 0.1 0.4 3.1 7.2 0.6 6.6 0.0 0.2 0.3 2.1 0.0 4.7 4.0 5.1 0.5DK 2.3 0.1 0.9 0 17.0 0.2 0.7 3.2 6.0 1.0 4.6 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.0 4.1 1.2 2.3 0.6DE 3.1 0.2 1.7 1.6 0 0.1 0.8 5.2 10.9 0.9 8.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.0 5.5 4.5 3.5 0.8EE 1.9 0.1 0.7 3.0 10.1 0 0.2 1.3 3.2 0.4 2.8 0.0 6.2 3.6 0.6 0.0 3.2 1.0 2.3 0.3GR 3.3 2.8 0.8 0.9 14.0 0.1 0 4.4 7.1 0.5 12.1 3.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.0 3.5 2.0 1.6 0.8ES 2.9 0.1 0.7 0.9 13.1 0.1 1.1 0 17.8 0.7 9.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 3.8 1.2 1.4 6.7FR 3.4 0.2 0.9 0.9 16.8 0.1 0.9 8.8 0 1.0 9.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 5.2 1.4 1.7 1.2IE 3.4 0.1 0.6 0.8 11.5 0.0 0.5 3.8 7.7 0 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 5.5 0.8 0.9 0.5IT 2.7 0.3 0.9 0.9 15.3 0.1 1.9 7.1 12.1 0.7 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.0 3.6 2.2 2.2 1.0CY 3.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 10.8 0.1 17.2 2.6 5.3 1.0 6.4 0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 3.5 1.8 0.9 0.5LV 2.0 0.2 1.0 3.6 12.7 4.1 0.3 2.0 3.2 0.7 3.4 0.1 0 7.9 0.7 0.0 3.2 1.1 4.4 0.2LT 1.9 0.2 1.0 3.4 13.8 2.2 0.2 2.0 4.7 0.5 4.0 0.0 7.4 0 0.9 0.0 3.5 1.1 5.6 0.3HU 2.6 0.5 2.5 1.0 25.7 0.1 0.8 3.5 6.4 0.6 7.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0 0.0 4.1 3.8 4.0 0.7MT 2.0 0.1 0.5 0.7 13.1 0.0 0.2 1.5 12.0 0.5 5.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 2.4 0.8 0.9 0.5NL 4.1 0.2 1.2 1.3 24.0 0.1 0.7 4.1 10.7 1.4 6.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.0 0 1.7 2.0 0.8AT 2.7 0.4 2.1 0.9 26.0 0.1 0.7 3.4 5.9 0.5 9.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.8 0.0 3.6 0 2.9 0.5PL 2.7 0.3 2.6 1.9 24.4 0.3 0.5 3.3 7.4 0.6 7.7 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.7 0.0 4.6 2.3 0 0.4PT 2.9 0.1 0.6 0.8 14.0 0.1 0.5 22.2 13.3 0.7 5.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 3.8 1.1 1.0 0RO 2.3 1.5 1.3 0.6 18.1 0.1 1.6 2.9 8.6 0.5 16.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.1 0.0 3.4 2.6 2.5 0.3SI 2.0 0.6 2.1 1.1 20.9 0.1 0.4 2.4 6.8 0.4 12.6 0.0 0.2 0.4 2.2 0.0 3.4 5.1 3.9 0.4SK 2.7 0.3 4.1 1.2 24.0 0.1 0.6 3.5 7.9 0.5 7.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.4 0.0 4.6 4.6 5.5 0.4FI 2.3 0.1 0.7 2.1 13.2 0.9 0.5 3.0 5.2 0.6 4.3 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 4.2 1.0 2.4 0.4SE 2.5 0.1 0.7 5.5 13.2 0.4 0.5 3.2 6.4 0.7 4.5 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.0 4.5 1.2 2.3 0.6UK 3.0 0.1 0.7 1.2 13.7 0.1 0.6 4.6 9.4 4.6 5.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 5.3 1.0 1.3 0.7US 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.5 6.9 0.0 0.2 1.5 3.9 0.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.6 0.5 0.5 0.3JP 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 6.1 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.9 0.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.2MX 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1CA 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.2 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1CH 2.2 0.1 0.8 0.8 18.3 0.0 0.7 3.8 8.8 0.6 8.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 3.5 2.3 1.3 0.6NO 2.7 0.1 0.7 2.7 13.7 0.1 0.2 2.8 8.5 1.2 3.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 5.7 0.7 1.4 0.6AU 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 4.1 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.6 0.4 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.2NZ 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 4.8 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.8 0.4 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.2TR 2.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 14.2 0.1 2.0 4.8 7.9 0.7 9.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.1 3.8 1.6 1.8 0.7BR 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.5 7.8 0.0 0.3 3.1 4.4 0.5 4.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.7 0.5 0.5 1.0HK 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 4.8 0.0 0.1 0.9 2.2 0.3 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.1KO 1.4 0.1 0.4 0.3 6.1 0.0 0.5 1.6 2.8 0.4 2.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.6 0.9 0.2RU 2.8 0.8 1.4 0.8 13.9 0.3 0.9 2.3 4.5 0.5 9.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.6 0.0 6.4 1.6 4.2 0.5CN 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.6 7.3 0.0 0.3 1.8 3.6 0.6 3.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.8 0.5 0.7 0.3

EA16 0 0.5 2.5 2.4 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.4 1.8 0 0 0 5.2 0EU27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table 7.4: Double export weights (2007) in relation to the rest of broad group (41)

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RO SI SK FI SE UK US JP MX CA CH NO AU NZ TR BR HK KO RU CN country0.4 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.7 8.3 8.0 2.6 0.4 0.9 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.1 1.5 1.0 0.6 1.3 2.9 4.5 BL3.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 1.0 3.7 4.9 1.8 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 10.5 0.7 0.5 1.3 6.8 4.5 BG1.2 0.6 2.0 0.8 1.9 5.8 4.0 1.6 0.3 0.4 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.2 4.8 3.3 CZ0.4 0.2 0.3 2.5 10.1 8.5 8.4 3.3 0.5 1.2 1.1 5.2 0.9 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.4 3.4 4.6 DK0.8 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.4 8.2 10.3 3.4 0.8 1.0 3.0 1.2 0.9 0.1 1.9 1.3 0.8 1.8 4.9 6.3 DE0.2 0.2 0.3 12.0 9.9 4.1 5.9 1.7 0.2 1.0 0.7 3.3 0.3 0.0 1.6 0.6 0.4 1.0 11.4 3.9 EE3.5 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.3 6.4 6.3 2.3 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.1 4.4 0.8 0.4 1.7 5.8 3.7 GR0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.3 8.0 7.4 2.3 1.7 0.7 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.1 2.1 1.6 0.5 1.4 2.7 4.3 ES0.6 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.6 9.0 9.5 3.7 0.7 1.0 2.1 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.8 1.5 0.8 2.0 2.8 6.2 FR0.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.4 16.8 19.3 3.7 0.9 1.1 2.5 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.4 4.6 IE1.3 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.4 6.7 10.0 3.3 1.1 1.1 2.8 0.8 1.1 0.2 2.5 1.4 0.7 1.9 4.2 5.7 IT2.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.2 13.7 3.9 3.5 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.2 1.8 0.5 0.6 2.1 4.2 4.7 CY0.3 0.3 0.4 4.3 6.6 7.1 3.2 1.4 0.1 0.5 0.9 2.6 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.8 16.0 3.3 LV0.5 0.5 0.4 2.3 3.9 5.2 4.4 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 2.4 0.2 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 18.2 3.8 LT3.4 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.4 5.3 4.3 1.6 0.3 0.4 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.1 2.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 6.1 3.8 HU0.2 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.9 9.6 15.0 9.4 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.2 0.8 0.8 1.6 3.0 1.2 10.1 MT0.5 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.1 9.9 7.4 2.4 0.5 0.7 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 1.5 2.9 4.0 NL1.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.4 4.6 6.9 2.4 0.5 0.9 3.1 0.8 0.8 0.1 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.5 4.3 4.1 AT1.4 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.9 6.5 3.6 1.4 0.2 0.6 1.2 2.0 0.3 0.1 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.9 7.6 3.7 PL0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 6.7 7.1 2.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.3 1.5 3.9 PT

0 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.1 5.0 4.4 1.7 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.2 0.3 0.1 6.7 0.6 0.5 1.1 5.1 3.9 RO1.9 0 1.0 0.7 1.3 3.4 3.5 1.1 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.9 11.1 4.5 SI1.6 0.6 0 0.8 1.7 5.5 4.0 1.4 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 4.5 3.1 SK0.3 0.2 0.3 0 7.7 6.6 9.0 3.7 0.5 1.1 1.1 3.1 1.0 0.1 1.4 1.3 0.8 1.8 10.6 6.5 FI0.3 0.2 0.3 4.6 0 7.7 10.1 3.1 0.6 1.3 1.1 8.0 1.4 0.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.5 3.6 5.2 SE0.4 0.1 0.3 1.0 2.2 0 17.3 4.2 0.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 0.2 1.5 1.1 0.8 2.0 2.7 6.3 UK0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.8 5.3 0 9.8 11.6 20.1 1.4 0.6 2.3 0.4 0.9 4.0 1.5 4.8 1.7 11.6 US0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 3.6 25.9 0 1.8 2.2 0.9 0.4 3.3 0.5 0.7 1.5 3.0 9.6 2.4 23.9 JP0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.1 77.6 2.3 0 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.8 0.5 1.0 0.3 3.1 MX0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 3.0 73.8 3.6 2.3 0 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.5 4.3 CA0.4 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.2 5.8 12.4 5.5 0.9 1.6 0 0.8 1.3 0.2 1.6 1.4 0.9 2.0 2.5 7.0 CH0.2 0.1 0.3 1.3 4.8 22.9 8.8 2.4 0.3 2.6 0.9 0 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.3 2.2 3.8 NO0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.6 4.9 11.7 24.1 0.6 1.5 1.0 0.3 0 5.1 0.7 1.1 2.5 9.1 1.3 19.6 AU0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 5.2 16.4 13.8 1.7 1.8 0.7 0.5 20.5 0 0.5 0.9 1.7 5.2 1.3 11.7 NZ2.7 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.3 8.8 7.8 2.6 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.2 0 1.0 0.6 1.8 7.7 6.1 TR0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.9 3.6 26.8 7.0 4.2 2.3 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.9 0 1.3 3.8 3.4 12.3 BR0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 3.2 16.5 9.1 0.7 1.5 0.7 0.3 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.9 0 4.3 1.1 44.0 HK0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 3.1 17.9 12.9 2.2 1.5 0.7 0.4 2.3 0.4 1.4 2.1 3.0 0 3.1 27.1 KO1.2 0.9 0.7 2.6 1.6 4.6 5.7 4.1 0.3 0.5 2.9 0.8 0.4 0.1 5.9 0.9 0.8 2.7 0 9.5 RU0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.8 4.3 25.3 17.0 1.4 2.2 1.2 0.5 2.6 0.4 1.2 1.9 3.5 7.9 3.6 0 CN1.7 0 0 0 4.0 16.2 17.6 6.0 1.5 1.8 4.9 1.8 2.0 0.3 4.0 2.2 1.2 3.7 7.7 10.3 EA16

0 0 0 0 0 0 27.7 9.0 2.1 2.8 6.9 3.6 3.2 0.5 6.3 3.3 1.7 5.7 11.8 15.4 EU27

Table 7.4 cont'd: Double export weights (2007) in relation to the rest of broad group (41)