{"id":121113,"date":"2026-03-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/?p=121113"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:19:29","slug":"consumer-prices-february-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/press-release\/consumer-prices-february-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer prices – February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In February 2026 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was +0.7% compared with the previous month and +1.5% on annual basis (up from +1.0%); the flash estimate was +1.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The acceleration of inflation was mainly due to the dynamics of prices of Services related to the transport (from +0.7% to +2.9%), of Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care (from +3.0% to +4.9%) and of Unprocessed food (from +2.5% to +3.7 %). On the contrary, the prices of Processed food including alcohol (from +1.9% to +1.4%), of Regulated energy products (from -9.6% to -11.6%) and of Non-regulated energy products (from -5.8% to -6.2%) slowed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core inflation (excluding energy and unprocessed food) was +2.4% (from +1.7%) and inflation excluding energy was +2.5% (from +1.9%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Goods, the year on year growth rate was -0.1% (from -0.2%) and for Services the annual rate of change was +3.6% (up from +2.5%). As a consequence, the inflationary gap between Services and Goods increases (+3.7 percentage points from +2.7 p.p. om the previous month).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The month-on-month increase in the overall index was mainly due to the prices of Tobacco (+3.3%), of Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care (+2.1%), of Services related to transport (+1.9%), of Unprocessed food (+1.2%). of Non-regulated energy products and Services related to housing (+0.4% both); on the contrary, prices of Regulated energy products (-1.5%) and of Processed food including alcohol (-0.5%) decreased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2026 the Italian harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) recorded a month-on-month change of +0.5% and a year-on-year increase of +1.5% (from +1.0%); the flash estimate was +1.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n

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