MILANO – Inflation rises barely once more in March. In line with information launched this morning by Istat, the buyer worth index rose by 0.1% on a month-to-month foundation and by 1.3% on an annual foundation (from 0.8% in February). The so-called “procuring cart”, i.e. the value basket of meals, dwelling and private care items slowed down in March on a development foundation (from +3.4% to +3.0%), as did these of merchandise with excessive buy frequency (from +2.8% in February to +2.7%). The inflation acquired for 2024 is the same as +0.6% for the final index and +1.3% for the underlying element.
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The acceleration of the inflation price – underlines the institute – is especially as a result of attenuation on a development foundation of the decline within the costs of unregulated vitality items (from -17.2% to -10.3%) and controlled (from -17.2% to -10.3%) -18.4% to -13.8%) and, to a lesser extent, to the expansion of these of transport-related providers (from +3.8% to +4.4%); alternatively, the costs of unprocessed meals items (from +4.4% to +2.6%) and tobacco (from +2.6% to +1.9%) recorded a slowdown.
Within the month of March, “underlying inflation”, web of vitality and contemporary meals, accelerates from +2.3% to +2.4%, whereas that web of vitality items alone decelerates from +2.6% at +2.5%.
The development development within the costs of products information a much less marked decline (from -0.9% to -0.1%) and that of providers is barely accelerating (from +2.9% to +3.0%), figuring out a lower within the inflationary differential between the providers and items sectors (+3.1 proportion factors, from +3.8 in February).
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by Federico Formica
The cyclical improve within the normal index principally displays the expansion in costs of transport-related providers additionally as a result of seasonal elements (+1.4%), processed meals items and controlled vitality items (+0.7 % each) and non-durable items (+0.4%). The consequences of those will increase had been solely partially offset by the lower within the costs of unregulated vitality items (-1.9%) and unprocessed meals items (-0.7%).
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– 2024-05-14 10:32:33
