In April 2013, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) held steady\u00a0compared with the previous month and increased by 1.1% with respect to April 2012 (0.5\u00a0lower than in March 2013) (provisional estimate was 1.2%).
\nThe Italian inflation slowdown was mainly due to downward impact effect of Transport and\u00a0Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels. The main cause was the decrease of prices of Fuels and lubricants (-2.2% compared with the previous month; -4.1% with respect to April 2012), of Town gas and natural gas (-3.3% on monthly basis; +2.0% on annual basis, down from +7.1% in March 2013) and of Electricity (-0.5% on monthly basis; +5.1% on annual basis, down from +9.5% in March 2013).
\nItalian core inflation, calculated excluding energy and unprocessed food, was 1.2%, down\u00a0from 1.4% in March.
\nItalian consumer price index, excluding energy, increased by 1.3% with respect to April\u00a02012, down from 1.5% in March.\u00a0In April 2013, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) increased by 0.3%\u00a0compared with the previous month and by 1.3% with respect to April 2012 (0.5 lower than in March 2013. In this case, final data confirmed the preliminary ones).
\nCore inflation measured by Italian HICP was 1.3%, down from 1.5% in March. \u00a0Italian harmonized index of consumer prices, excluding energy, increased by 1.5% with respect to April 2012 (0.2 lower than in March).
\nIn April 2013, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices at constant tax rates (HICPCT) increased by 0.3% compared with the previous month and by 1.1% with respect to April 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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