Italian inflation hit 5.4% in October says Istat
(ANSA) - ROME, 30 OTT - Italy's annual inflation rate climbed even further this month, driven by soaring energy prices linked to the Iran war, hitting 5.4%, the highest level since August 2023, according to a preliminary estimate for October released by Istat on Friday. The annual inflation rate was 4.2% in September. The national statistics agency said energy prices had accelerated, going from +22.6% to +31.4%. "The acceleration of inflation was mainly due to the dynamics of prices of non-regulated energy products (from +22.5% to +29.4%) and of regulated energy products (from +25.8% to…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Istat October inflation release (5.4%, up from September) and adds only context about energy prices, which does not conflict with Report 1.
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