Italian consumer prices see slight rise in April

Published 16/05/2025, 09:46
Italian consumer prices see slight rise in April

Investing.com -- The Italian EU-harmonized consumer prices (HICP) saw a modest rise of 0.4% month-on-month and a 2.0% increase from the previous year in April, according to official data released by the Italian statistics agency ISTAT on Friday.

The agency revised these numbers down from the preliminary data.

The preliminary data had indicated a 0.5% month-on-month increase and a 2.1% year-on-year rise.

The 2.0% annual rate in April was a slight decrease from the 2.1% recorded in March.

In terms of the main domestic price index (NIC (NASDAQ:EGOV)), there was a 0.1% increase on a monthly basis and a 1.9% annual increase, which was consistent with the rate seen in March.

Core inflation, which excludes fresh food and energy, was recorded at 2.1% year-on-year on the HICP index in April.

This was a slight increase from the 1.9% recorded in the previous month.

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