Italy's annual inflation rate rose
from 0.7% in September to 0.9% in October, Istat said on Friday,
confirming the preliminary estimate it had given for its
consumer price index last month.
"The increase of the growth on annual basis of all-item index
was mainly due to the prices of processed food including alcohol
(from +1.5% to +1.7%), of unprocessed food (from +0.3% to
+3.4%), of non-regulated energy products (from -11.0% to -10.2%)
and of services related to transport (from +2.4% to +3.0%)," the
national statistics agency said.
"On the contrary, the prices of regulated energy products (from
+10.4% to +3.9%) and of services related to recreation,
including repair and personal care (from +4.0% to +3.6%) slowed
down".
Istat said its consumer price index was flat in month-on- month
terms.
The agency said its trolley index of the prices of food,
household and personal-care items rose on an annual basis to 2%,
up from 1%.
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