(ANSA) – ROME, FEB 3 – Italy’s annual inflation rate returned
to positive territory in January, with the consumer price index
up 0.2% with respect to the same month last year, according to a
flash estimate released by ISTAT on Wednesday.
The annual inflation rate was -0.2% in December.
The national statistics agency said its price index was up 0.5%
in month-on-month terms in January.
It said its trolley index of the most frequently bought items,
such as food and household goods, rose to 0.7% from 0.6% the
previous month. (ANSA).