{"id":118954,"date":"2026-02-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/?p=118954"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:06:30","slug":"consumer-prices-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/press-release\/consumer-prices-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer prices – January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In January 2026 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.4% on monthly basis and by +1.0% on annual basis (from +1.2% in December), confirming the flash estimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support to inflation is mainly due to the dynamics of prices of Unprocessed food (+2.5%) and Processed food including alcohol (+1.9%), as well as to prices of Services related to housing (+4.4%), Tobacco (+3.2%), and Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care (+3.0%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2026, core inflation (excluding energy and unprocessed food) was +1,7% and inflation excluding energy was +1.9%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Goods, the year on year growth rate are -0.2% and for Services the annual rate of change are +2.5%. As a consequence, the inflationary gap between Services and Goods are +2.7 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The month-on-month increase in the overall index (+0.4%) was mainly due to the prices of Regulated energy products (+8.9%), of Services related to housing (+1.9%), of Unprocessed food (+1.2%), of Processed food including alcohol (+0.6%), of Non-regulated energy products (+1.2%), Durable goods (+0,8%) and of Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care (+0.7%). The only month-on-month decline is observed in Services related to transport prices (-3.8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2026 the Italian harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) recorded a month-on-month change of \u22121.0% and a year-on-year increase of +1.0% (down from +1.2% in the previous month).<\/p>\n\n\n

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