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Consumer prices (provisional data) - March 2022
According to preliminary estimates, in March 2022 the rate of change of the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was +1.2% on monthly basis and +6.7% on annual basis (from +5.7% in February). The speed-up of the growth on annual basis of All-item index was mainly due to the prices of Energy (from +45.9% in February to +52.9%), especially of those of Non-regulated energy products (from +31.3% to +38.7%), whereas those of Regulated energy products confirmed their huge increase (+94.6%). Moreover, although to a lesser extent, also prices of Processed food including alcohol sped up (from +3.1% to ... (full story)