In August 2019 Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.4% on monthly basis and by 0.4% with respect to August 2018 (the same as in July 2019). The flash estimate was +0.5%.<\/p>\n
The stability of All items index was the result of a situation with very small differences with respect to July; it is just worth to report the slight speed-up of prices of Non-durable goods (from +0.2% to +0.6%).<\/p>\n
The core inflation excluding energy and unprocessed food was +0.5% and inflation excluding energy was +0.6% (the same as in the previous month for both).<\/p>\n
The increase on monthly basis of All items index was mainly due to prices of Services related to transport (+4.5%), whose dynamics was affected by seasonal factors.<\/p>\n
The annual rate of change of prices of Goods was zero (up from -0.1% in the previous month) and that one of prices of Services was +0.8% (down from +1.0% in July 2019). As a consequence, the inflationary gap between Services and Goods was still positive (+0.8 percentage points; +1.1 in the previous month).<\/p>\n
Prices of Grocery and unprocessed food increased by +0.1% on monthly basis and by +0.7% on annual basis (up from +0.6% in the previous month).<\/p>\n
In August the Italian harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) was null compared with the previous month and equal to +0.5% with respect to August 2018 (up from +0.3% in July), confirming the flash estimate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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