In December, inflation in Italy slowed down again. According to the latest Istat data, the national consumer price index increased by 0,2% compared to the previous month and by 2,3% on an annual basis (the provisional estimate was +2,4%), marking a deceleration of two tenths of a percentage point compared to November 2012 (+2,5%).
The so-called "shopping cart“, the index that records the price trend of the most frequently purchased products, increased instead by 0,1% on a monthly basis and by 3,1% on an annual basis, a marked slowdown from the +3,5% of November.
Widening the gaze throughout 2012, However, the average inflation rate was 3%, an acceleration of two tenths of a percentage point compared to the 2,8% recorded in 2011. In this case it is the highest figure since 2008 (3,3%).
