Consumer prices: provisional data

In December 2013, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.2% compared with the previous month and by 0.7% with respect to December 2012 (the same annual rate of November 2013).

The stability of Italian inflation was mainly the result of opposite movements: on one hand, the acceleration of the annual dynamics of prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, on the other hand, the slowdown of the annual growth of prices of Restaurants and hotels.