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Investing.com -- Italy’s annual inflation rate increased to 1.9% in March 2025, up from 1.6% in the previous month.
The increase signifies ongoing stabilization in price growth in key sectors of the Italian consumer basket, which had experienced periods of surges and drops following energy and food shocks in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In March, non-regulated energy prices saw a rebound, with a 0.7% increase as opposed to a 1.9% decrease in February.
Other sectors also saw faster price growth, with tobacco prices increasing by 4.6% compared to 4.1% the previous month, non-processed food prices rising by 3.3% compared to 2.9%, and recreational and cultural services seeing a 3.5% increase compared to 3.1%.
On the other hand, the inflation rate for regulated energy slowed down to 27.2% in March, compared to 31.4% in February.
The annual core inflation rate, which excludes the volatile energy and fresh goods sectors, remained steady at 1.7%, the same as the previous month.
On a month-to-month basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw a modest increase of 0.2% from the previous month.
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