Italy's annual inflation rate
was 0.3% in January 2016, up from 0.1% in December, statistics
bureau Istat said on Monday, confirming its preliminary
estimate.
Ten large Italian cities experienced price deflation or
prices hovering at a zero growth rate in January 2016, Istat
said.
Price growth was at zero in Milan, Florence, Perugia,
Palermo, Reggio Calabria and Ravenna.
Prices showed deflation in Bari (-0.3%), Potenza (-0.2%),
Trieste (-0.2%), and Verona (-0.1%).
The price growth of the so-called consumer "shopping
trolley" of foods, household and personal care items slowed in
January 2016, rising just 0.3% compared to 0.9% in December,
said statistics bureau Istat on Monday.
The shopping trolley inflation rate is usually higher than
that of general inflation.
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