Inflation Rate of The Seven Major Industrial Countries and Several Asian Countries (percent per annum)
Group of Countries 2004 2005 2006
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q
The Seven Major Industrial Countries
USA 1.7 3.3 2.5 3.3 3.1 2.5 4.7 2.2 3.4
Japan -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.8 0.3
Germany 1.1 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.8
United Kingdom 1.1 1.6 1.1 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.0
Italy 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1
France 1.7 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.5 1.5
Canada 0.7 2.5 1.8 2.1 2.3 1.7 3.4 2.2 2.2
Newly Industrialized Asian Economies
South Korea 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.0 3.1 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.0
Hong Kong -2.1 -0.1 0.7 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.8
Taiwan 0.9 1.8 2.8 1.6 2.3 2.4 3.1 2.2 0.4
Singapore 1.3 2.3 2.0 1.5 0.4 -0.2 0.6 1.3 1.2
ASEAN
Indonesia 5.1 6.80 6.30 6.40 8.80 7.80 9.1 17.1 15.70
Malaysia 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.6 3.2 3.4 3.5 4.8
Thailand 2.3 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.2 5.3 6.2 5.8 5.7
Philippines 3.8 5.1 6.9 7.9 8.5 7.1 7.0 6.6 7.6
