Eurozone inflation rate for Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) gives comparable measures of inflation for the countries and country groups for which it is produced. It is an economic indicator that measures the change over time of the prices of consumer goods and services acquired by households. This set of consumer price indices calculated according to a harmonised approach and a set of definitions as laid down in Eurostat Regulations and Recommendations.This involves weighting together aggregated prices for different categories of goods and services so that each takes its appropriate share within household budgets.