Istat: “prices Decline”The turnabout of the inflation – Corriere della Sera

an about-turn. The price index in October, he returns to mark a decline, down 0.1% on an annual basis. They say that the preliminary estimates of Istat. Means that you cancel the small rise in September (+0.1%) in that he had interrupted a phase of deflation that had lasted for seven months. “The trend decline in the overall index continues to be determined by the energy goods whose loss is accentuated slightly,” says the Institute of statistics. In terms in the short term, however, inflation in October, remains stationary, with the recording of a change in zero.

summer

Considering the trend rate, as of October reappeared deflation, with the index that shows the level by 0.1% already marked in July and August. If the sign most of September had been determined by the “power factor”, is always the same factor to have impacted on the dynamics of the last month. For energy goods, Istat, in fact, indicates a decline of 3.6% (down by 3.4% in September). A datum that is the result, stresses the Institute of statistics, “for a more intense decline in prices of those that are regulated (-6,0%, was 3.8% at September) and a partial return of the contraction of the energy Goods non-regulated by 0.8%, from 2.7% of the previous month)”. For the uk’s “further contributions deflationary arise from the developments of other types of products, among which stand out the food is not processed (down 0.4% from +0.4% in September)”. Here is that net of energy goods inflation slows, reaching +0.2% (was +0.5 per cent). Similarly net of food products and of goods and energy, “core inflation” brakes +0.2% (+0,5%). The rate gained for 2016 remains equal to -0,1%.

spending

The shopping cart and then decreases, always on-trend, according to Istat. That emphasizes this: “The prices of food goods, for the care of the house and of the person are still on a monthly basis and recorded a decrease of 0.3% on an annual basis (the change had nothing to September)”. The food, for the care of the house and of the person include, in addition to food goods, the goods for cleaning and routine maintenance of the house and goods for personal hygiene and beauty products.