India, May 9 -- Norway's consumer price inflation slowed to a three-month low in April and producer prices grew at the slowest pace in five months, Statistics Norway reported Friday. Consumer prices logged an annual growth of 2.5 percent after rising 2.6 percent in March. This was the lowest rate since January. Likewise, core inflation softened to a three-month low of 3.0 percent from 3.4 percent in March.

On a monthly basis, overall consumer prices gained 0.7 percent and core prices moved up 0.5 percent.

Data showed that costs of health and communications increased 4.6 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, clothing and footwear costs dropped 1.8 percent.

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