asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if he will list the cumulative increase of retail prices in each member country of the EEC, the United States, Canada and Japan since March 1974 to the latest available common date.
The cumulative increases in the consumer price indices for each of the EEC countries, Canada, USA and Japan between March 1974 and the latest available date-September 1977—are as follows:
| March 1974-September 1977 percent increas | |
| EEC— | |
| Belgium | 40·3 |
| Denmark | 42·2 |
| France | 43·0 |
| Germany (FDR) | 17·2 |
| Ireland | 75·9* |
| Italy | 76·0† |
| Luxembourg | 33·9 |
| Netherlands | 33·1 |
| United Kingdom | 81·0 |
| Canada | 35·6 |
| Japan | 41·1 |
| USA | 28·6 |
| * February 1974 to August 1977. | |
| †Estimate. | |
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if he will list the cumulative into cases in retail prices in each member country of the EEC, the United States, Canada and Japan for the two periods. June 1970 to January 1974 and February 1974 to the latest available date.
The cumulative increases in the consumer price indices for the EEC countries, Canada, USA and Japan between June 1970 and January 1974 and March 1974 to the latest available date—September 1977—are as follows:
| Percentage increase | ||
| EEC | June 1970 to January 1974 | February 1974 to September 1977 |
| Per cent. | Per cent. | |
| Belgium | 23·5 | 42·0 |
| Denmark | 35·4 | 43·3 |
| France | 27·5 | 44·6 |
| Germany (FDR) | 23·5 | 17·5 |
| Ireland | 44·2* | 75·9† |
| Italy | 31·8 | 80·6‡ |
| Luxembourg | 21·1 | 34·8 |
| Netherlands | 30·9 | 35·0 |
| United Kingdom | 37·1 | 82·6 |
| Canada | 21·3 | 37·0 |
| Japan | 42·0 | 42·1 |
| U.S.A. | 20·1 | 30·0 |
| * May 1970/February 1974. | ||
| † February 1974/August 1977 | ||
| ‡ Estimate. | ||
Source: OECD—Main Economic Indicators.