Italy's annual inflation rate remained stable at 0.8% in February, the same level as January, according to confirmation of a provisional estimate released by Istat on Friday.
The national statistics agency said its consumer price index rose by 0.1% in month-on-month terms in February.
The index had increased by 0.3% in January with respect to December.
Istat said core inflation had remained on a downward trend.
The index excluding energy and unprocessed food decelerated from+2.7% to +2.4% in February, while and the index excluding onlyenergy goods went from +3.0% to +2.7%.
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