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Consumer prices (provisional data) - Dicember 2022

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According to preliminary estimates, in December 2022 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.3% on monthly basis and by 11.6% with respect to December 2021 (from +11.8% in the previous month).

In 2022, the average annual rate of change of consumer prices, measured by NIC, was +8.1% (+1.9% in 2021); core inflation, excluding energy and unprocessed food, was +3.8% (from +0.8% in 2021) and inflation excluding energy was +4.1% (+0.8% in 2021).

The slow down of the growth on annual basis of All-item index was mainly due to the prices of Non-regulated energy products (from +69.9% to +63.3%), and of Unprocessed food (from +11.4% to +9.5%) and of Services related to transport (from +6.8% to +6.0%). On the contrary, the prices of Regulated energy products (from +57.9% to +70.3%), of Processed food including alcohol (from +14.3% to +14.9%), thoese of Services related to recreation including repair ad personal care (from +5.5% to +6.2%) and those of Services related to Communication (from +0.2% to +0.7%) speed up.

In December 2022, core inflation (excluding energy and unprocessed food) was +5.8% (from +5.6% in the previous month) and inflation excluding energy was +6.2% (from +6.1% in November).

The prices of Grocery and unprocessed food increased by 0.4% on monthly basis and by +12.6% on annual basis (down from +12.7% in the previous month).

The increase on monthly basis was mainly due to the prices of Regulated energy products (+7.9%), of Services related to recreation including repair ad personal care (+1.4% affected by seasonal factors), of Services related to transport (+1.1% also affected by seasonal factors), of Processed food and alcohol (+0.8%) and of Non energy industrial goods (+0.6%); on the other hand the prices of Non-regulated energy products (-3.9%) and Unprocessed food (-0.6%) slowed down.

In December 2022, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) increased by 0.2% compared with the previous month and by 12.3% on annual basis (from +12.6% in November). In 2022 the average annual rate of change of HICP was +8.7% (was +1.9% in 2021).

Reference period: Dicember 2022

Date of Issue: 05 January 2023

Next release: 17 January 2023

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