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Consumer prices (provisional data) May 2015

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In May 2015, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) rose by 0.2% on both monthly and annual basis (the annual rate of change observed in April 2015 was        -0.1%).

The recovery of inflation, after four months of deflation, was mainly due to the further reduction of the decline, with respect to the same month of the previous year, of prices of Non-regulated energy products   (-7.2%, from -8.7% in April 2015) and to the speed-up of the annual growth of prices of services; the latter was mainly due to the reversal of trend of prices of Services related to transport (+0.8%, from -0.6% in the previous month) and to the inflationary dynamics of prices of Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care (+0.9%, from +0.7% in April 2015).

Excluding energy and unprocessed food, core inflation rose to 0.6%, up from 0.3% registered in the previous month; excluding energy, the inflation was 0.8% (0.2 higher than in April 2015).

The increase on monthly basis of All items index was mainly due to the rise of prices of Non-regulated energy products (+1.8%) and to the rise of prices of Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care (+0.5%), with the latter one mainly caused by accommodation services.

The annual rate of change of prices of Goods was -0.3% (from -0.5% observed in April 2015) and the annual rate of prices of Services was +0.7% (up from +0.3% in the previous month). As consequence, the inflationary gap between Services and Goods increased by 0.2 percentage points with respect to April 2015.

Prices of Grocery and unprocessed food rose by 0.1% on monthly basis and by 0.8% on annual basis (the same rate registered in the previous month).

In May 2015, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 0.2% compared to both the previous month and with May 2014 (the annual rate in April 2015 was -0.1%).

Core inflation measured by Italian HICP was 0.7%, up from 0.4% in April 2015; also excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the inflation was 0.7% (0.4 higher than in April 2015). Excluding energy, the inflation rose to 0.8%, up from 0.6% registered in the previous month.

Next release: 15 July 2015

Reference period: May 2015

Date of Issue: 29 May 2015

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