Italy's annual inflation rate rose to
1.7% in February 2024, up from 1.5% in January, according to a
preliminary estimate released by Istat on Friday.
"The increase of the growth on annual basis of the all-item
index was mainly due to the prices of regulated energy products
(from +27.5% to +31.5%), of non-regulated energy products (from
-3.0% to -1.9%), of unprocessed food (from +2.2% to +2.9%) and
of processed food including alcohol (from +1.7% to +2.2%),"
Istat said.
The national statistics agency said its consumer price index was
up 0.2% in month-on-month terms.
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