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Consumer prices
The Consumer Price Index measures the change in prices over time of a set of goods and services (CPI basket) representative of Italian household consumption.
In February 2012:
- the National Consumer Price Index for the whole nation CPI (see Italian NIC) - used to measure inflation over the entire Italian economic system - rose by 0.4% to the previous month and by 3.3% in comparison to the same month of the previous year;
- the EU Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices HICP (see Italian IPCA) - developed to facilitate the comparison of inflation between Member States - rose by 0.2% compared to the previous month and by 3.4% in comparison to the same month of the previous year.
- tags:
- consumer prices, consumptions, CPI, HICP, inflation, price, statistics flash
- theme:
- Prices
- document typology:
- Press release
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