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.
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