(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 1 - "In June, inflation accelerates again, rising to a level (8%) that has not been recorded since January 1986, when it was equal to 8.2%", Istat calculates in the preliminary estimates.
In May it was 6.8%.
The consumer price index also recorded an increase on a monthly basis, of 1.2%.
"Inflationary tensions continue to spread from Energy assets", whose growth passes from + 42.6% in May to + 48.7% and in particular in non-regulated energy such as fuels (from + 32.9% to +39.9 %).
Regulated energy continues to record very high but stable growth at + 64.3%.
"The acceleration of food prices, processed and unprocessed, pushes the growth of those in the so-called shopping cart even higher" to + 8.3%, according to preliminary statistics.
Also in this case it is the highest increase in January 1986, when it was + 8.6%.
For the prices of food products, for home and personal care that make up the trolley, in May, the increase was 6.7%.
Consumer prices net of energy and fresh food which represent the base component show + 3.8% (it was + 3.2% in May) and those net of energy solibens + 4.2% (from +3.6 %).
These are increases that have not been seen since August 1996 and June 1996 respectively.
The inflation acquired for 2022 is equal to + 6.4% for the general index and + 2.9% for the core component.
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