In March 2015, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) rose by 0.1% compared with the previous month and declined by 0.1% with respect to March 2014 (the same annual rate of change observed in February 2015).<\/p>\n
The stability of the decline on annual basis of the All items index is the synthesis on one hand of the reduction of the annual decrease of prices of Non-regulated energy products (-9.0%, from -12.8% in the previous month) and on the other hand of the slowdown of the annual growth of prices of services and, in particular, of prices of Services related to transport (+0.6%, from +1.4% in February 2015).<\/p>\n
Excluding energy and unprocessed food, core inflation was 0.4% (down from +0.6% in the previous month); excluding energy, the inflation was 0.5% (0.2 lower than in February 2015).<\/p>\n
The increase on monthly basis of the All items index was mainly due to the rise of prices of Non-regulated energy products (+3.9%), with the marked rise of prices of fuels; this increase was partially balanced by the monthly decline of prices of Fresh vegetables (-3.2%), on which seasonal factors had an impact.<\/p>\n
The annual rate of change of prices of Goods was -0.6% (from -0.9% observed in February 2015) and the annual rate of prices of Services was +0.5% (down from +0.8% in the previous month). As consequence, the inflationary gap between Services and Goods decreased by 0.6 percentage points with respect to February 2015.<\/p>\n
Prices of Grocery and unprocessed food decreased by 0.1% on monthly basis and rose by 0.9% on annual basis (up from +0.7% in the previous month).<\/p>\n
In March 2015, according to the preliminary estimates, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 2.0% compared with the previous month and declined by 0.1% with respect to March 2014 (down from +0.1% in February 2015). The monthly increase was mainly due to the end of the winter sales of Clothing and footwear (+29.3% with respect to February 2015), which are not taken into account in the national index NIC.<\/p>\n
Core inflation measured by Italian HICP was 0.5%, down from 0.9% in February 2015; excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the inflation was 0.3% (0.6 lower than in February 2015). Excluding energy, the inflation was 0.6%, down from 1.0% registered in the previous month.<\/p>\n
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