Italian inflation stayed at 0.8% in
June, the same as May, Istat said Friday.
In June, the national index of consumer prices for the entire
collectivity, gross of tobacco, increased by 0.1% on a monthly
basis and by 0.8% on an annual basis, while the HICP index,
harmonised according to EU parameters, increased by 0.2% on a
monthly basis and by 0.9% on an annual basis, national stats
institute Istat said in its preliminary estimates.
The "core inflation", net of energy and fresh food, remains
stable at +2.0%, while that net of energy goods alone
decelerates slightly (from +2.0% to +1.9%).
The inflation outlook for 2024 is +0.8% for the overall index
and +1.9% for the core component.
"The slowdown in the year-on-year growth rate of the prices of
the "shopping trolley" continued in June: the prices of food,
household and personal care goods (the so-called shopping
trolley ed.) slowed down on a trend basis (from +1.8% to +1.4%).
High-frequency products went from +2.5% to +2.1%.
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