In September 2014, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) declined by 0.3% compared with the previous month and by 0.1% with respect to September 2013 (the same annual rate of change observed in August 2014). The stability of the decline on annual basis of the All items index was mainly due to the fact that the extension of the annual decrease of prices of Non-regulated energy products (-2.8%, from -1.2% in August 2014) was offset by the reduction of the decline on annual basis of prices of Unprocessed food (-0.9%, from -1.8% in the previous month), whereas the ... (full story)