According to preliminary estimates, in December 2021 the national consumer price index for the whole community
(NIC), before tobacco
, recorded an increase of 0.4% on a monthly basis
, bringing the inflation rate to +3, 9% (from + 3.7% the previous month).
This was announced by Istat by disseminating the provisional estimates.
The + 3.9% rate is the highest since August 2008,
when inflation was + 4.1%.
On average,
consumer prices recorded growth of + 1.9% in 2021
(-0.2% in 2020). Istat notes this in the flash estimate. Prices then start to rise again "after the drop in 2020 (-0.2%)", registering in 2021 "the largest increase since 2012 (+ 3.0%)", highlights the Institute of Statistics, underlining that "the recovery in inflation is essentially driven by energy goods (+ 14.1%)". Net of energy and fresh food (the "core inflation"), consumer prices grow by 0.8% (+ 0.5% in the previous year) and net of energy only by 0.7% (as in 2020).
The prices of the so-called "shopping cart
" accelerate in December: the prices of food, household and personal care goods in fact double their growth from + 1.2% in November to + 2.4%.
Istat notes this by disseminating the preliminary estimate of consumer prices in December.
The prices of high-frequency purchasing products, on the other hand, accelerate from + 3.7% to + 4.0%.
