Inflation 'trolley' drops 0.4% to 0.9%
Recession dampened price rises
28 February, 11:15
(ANSA) - Rome, February 28 - Italy's inflation 'trolley' of
most-frequently bought goods such as food and fuel dropped 0.4%
to 0.9% in February, Istat said Friday.
The month-on-month fall was 0.3%.In January the annual trolley rate was 1.3%, compared to 1.2% in December.
Italy's long recession has dampened price rises.
A two-year run of negative growth ended in the third quarter of last year, when GDP was flat with respect to the April-June period, and was followed by a 0.1% rise in the fourth quarter.
