In March 2016, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) rose by 0.2% compared with the previous month and declined by 0.2% with respect to March 2015, up from -0.3% in February 2016.<\/p>\n
Deflation registered by All items index was mainly due, as in February, to Energy and in particular to Non-regulated energy products (-11.2%, from -8.5% in the previous month), even in the presence of the reversal trend of Services related to transport (+0.5%, from -0.7% in the previous month) and some small signals of recovery of the prices of other types of products (Unprocessed food, Durables and Semi-durable goods, Services related to recreation, including repair and personal care), that contributed just to reduce the width of the decrease on annual basis.<\/p>\n
Excluding Energy and unprocessed food, core inflation was +0.6% (up from +0.5 registered in February 2016) and excluding energy, the inflation was +0.4% (0.1 percentage points higher than that of the previous month).<\/p>\n
The increase on monthly basis of the All items index was mainly due to the rise of prices of Services related to Transport (+1.0%) and of diesel for personal transport equipment (+2.5%); these increases were partially balanced by the monthly decline \u2013 on which seasonal factors had an impact \u2013 of prices of Fresh vegetables (-2.8%).<\/p>\n
The annual rate of change of prices of Goods was -1.0% (from -0.7% observed in February 2016) and the annual rate of change of prices of Services was +0.7% (up from +0.5% in the previous month). As a consequence, the inflationary gap between Services and Goods increased by 0.5 percentage points with respect to February 2016.<\/p>\n
Prices of Grocery and unprocessed food decreased by 0.1% on monthly basis and by 0.3% on annual basis (from -0.4% in the previous month).<\/p>\n
In March 2016, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) increased by 2.0 compared with the previous month and decreased by 0.3% with respect to March 2015 (down from -0.2% registered in February 2016).<\/p>\n
The large increase on monthly basis was mainly due to the end of the winter sales of Clothing and footwear (+29.6% compared with February 2016), which are not taken into account in the national index NIC.<\/p>\n
Core inflation measured by Italian HICP was +0.6%, up from +0.5% in February 2016; excluding Energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the inflation was +0.7% (up from +0.5% in the previous month). Excluding energy, the inflation rose to 0.5% (0.2 percentage points higher than in the previous month).<\/p>\n
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