In March 2013, Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.2%\u00a0compared with the previous month and by 1.6% with respect to March 2012 (0.3 lower than in February 2013) (provisional estimate was 1.7%).<\/p>\n
The sixth consecutive Italian inflation slowdown was mainly due to the decrease of the\u00a0annual growth rate of prices of Transport (1.7%, from 2.5% in February). This slowdown is\u00a0produced by the comparison with March 2012 when large increases of energetic goods prices were recorded.<\/p>\n
The NIC index increase with respect to February was mainly due to the rise on monthly basis of prices of Transport (+1.0%) and Restaurants and hotels (+0.8%) on which seasonal factors had an impact.<\/p>\n
Italian core inflation, calculated excluding energy and unprocessed food, was 1.4%, down\u00a0from 1.5% in February.<\/p>\n
Italian consumer price index, excluding energy, increased by 1.5% with respect to March\u00a02012 (the same value registered in February 2013).<\/p>\n
In March 2013, Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) increased by 2.3%\u00a0compared with the previous month and by 1.8% with respect to March 2012 (0.2 lower than in February 2013). In this case, final data confirmed the preliminary ones.\u00a0The large increase on monthly basis, was mainly due to the end of clothing and footwear\u00a0winter sales, which are not taken into account in the national index NIC.<\/p>\n
Core inflation measured by Italian HICP was 1.5%, up from 1.4% in February.<\/p>\n
Italian harmonized index of consumer prices, excluding energy, increased by 1.7% with\u00a0respect to March 2012 (0.1 higher than February).<\/p>\n
In March 2013, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT) increased by 2.3% compared with the previous month and by 1.7% with respect to March 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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