Inflation dropped to 10.1% in January - ISTAT

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 1 - ISTAT said Wednesday that Italy's annual inflation rate registered a "clear abatement" in January, dropping to 10.1% from 11.6% in December, according to provisional data.
    The national statistics agency said the deceleration was primarily due to a fall in price rises for regulated energy products, which went from +70.2% to -10.9%, and, to a lesser extent, for non-regulated energy products (from +63.3% to +59.6%) and unprocessed food (from +9.5% to +8.0%).
    Driven by soaring energy prices, inflation peaked at 11.8% in November and October.
    ISTAT said its consumer price index was up by 0.2% in January in month-on-month terms. (ANSA).