In February 2013, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by0.1% compared with the previous month and by 1.9% with respect to February 2012 (0.3lower than in January 2013).
The fifth consecutive Italian inflation slowdown is partially due to the annual growth ratedecrease of prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+2.4%, from +3.1% in January).Also Communication had a downward impact effect on inflation. The main cause is the largedecrease of Wireless telephone services (-7.0% compared with the previous month, -7.9 withrespect to February 2012).
In February 2013, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) decreased by0.2% compared with the previous month and rose by 2.0% with respect to February 2012 (0.4lower than in January 2013).The further decrease on monthly basis, was mainly due, as in January, to the clothing andfootwear winter sales dynamics, which are not taken into account in the national index NIC.
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