In February 2017, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.3% on monthly basis and by 1.5% with respect to February 2016, up from +1.0% in January 2017. The increase, in February, of the annual rate of change of All items index was mainly due to the speed-up of the annual growth of prices of Unprocessed food (+8.8%, from +5.3% in January), of Non-regulated energy products (+12.1%, from +9.0% in the previous month) and of Services related to transport (+2.4%, from +1.0% in January). Therefore, excluding energy and unprocessed food, core inflation ... (full story)