According to Codacons, inflation at + 3.9% on an annual basis will result in an average sting of 1,200 euros in additional expenses per family
Continue theinflation warning, the generalized rise in prices, throughout Italy: according to the data released by I.stat in 2021 i consumer prices they recorded a growth of 1.9%, a record value that had not been recorded for nine years. While in the month of December, it is estimated that the national consumer price index for the whole community (Nic), gross of tobacco, increases by 0.4% on a monthly basis and by 3.9% on an annual basis (from + 3.7% in November), confirming the preliminary estimate (read here the preliminary estimates of the entire Eurozone).
The further acceleration of trend-based inflation is mainly due to the prices of food, both processed (from + 1.4% in November to + 2.0%) and unprocessed (from + 1.5% to + 3.6%), to those of durable goods (from + 0.4% to + 0.8%) and recreational, cultural and personal care services (from + 1.9% to + 2.3%).
THE energy prices continue to rise to a very sustained extent, albeit slowing down (from + 30.7% to + 29.1%), due to those of the non-regulated component (from + 24.3% to + 22.0%), while the rise in prices of the regulated component remained practically stable (from + 41.8% to + 41.9%). “Core inflation “, net of energy and fresh food, and that net of energy goods alone accelerate to + 1.5% and + 1.6% respectively (both from + 1.3% in November).
The cyclical increase in the general index is mainly due, on the one hand, to prices from food not processed (+ 1.1%) and of durable goods (+ 0.6%), on the other hand to the growth, due to seasonal factors, in the prices of transport services (+ 1.9%) and recreational, cultural and personal care services (+0, 8%). The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) increases by 0.5% on a monthly basis and by 4.2% on an annual basis (from + 3.9% in November), confirming the preliminary estimate. The average annual change in 2021 was + 1.9% (-0.1% in 2020).
The national index of consumer prices for blue-collar and white-collar families (Foi), net of tobacco, records a increase of 0.5% on a monthly basis and of 3.8% compared to December 2020. The average annual change in 2021 was + 1.9% (it was -0.3% in 2020). In 2021, the impact of inflation, measured by the IPCA, is wider on families with lower spending power (+ 2.4%; + 1.6% for those with greater spending power).
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Inflation, Codacons: “Stangata from 1,200 euros per year per family”
According to Codacons inflation at + 3.9% on an annual basis will cause an average sting, considering the totality of consumi of a ‘typical’ family, equal to 1,198 euros per year. “We are in the presence of one real emergency prices in Italy, unfortunately destined to worsen in the coming months – says President Carlo Rienzi – The numbers provided today by Istat confirm the alarm on increases launched several times by Codacons, and attest how prices and rates have skyrocketed in the last period of the year”.
“Overall in 2021 the Italian ‘typical’ family, due to the 1.9% average inflation rate recorded last year, he had to pay an extra 584 euros due to the increase in retail prices, with peaks of +758 euros per year for a household with two children – continues Rienzi – Numbers destined to worsen in consideration of increases in electricity and gas bills started on January 1, and which will determine a wave of price increases in all sectors. A situation that puts household consumption at serious risk, which could collapse in 2022 as a consequence of the cost of living “.
Inflation, Assoutenti: “Price alarm, 2022 will be a massacre for Italian families”
While second Assoutenti, inflation at 3.9% represents a massacre for the pockets of families that, in addition to the rise in electricity and gas bills, will have to deal with increasingly higher retail prices. “The surge in food products is of great concern, which in December rose by 2.9% on an annual basis, indispensable goods that families cannot do without”, explains the president Furio Truzzi. “Italians today find themselves spending 217 euros more per family on an annual basis just to eat, due to the increases recorded in the sector. The impact of the ‘transport’ item (+ 9.6% in December) is also heavy. an increase in travel expenses equal to +519 euros per year per unit ”, he adds Truzzi.
“Prices and tariffs are set to grow further in the coming weeks due to the maxi-increases in electricity and gas prices arranged by Arera, increases that will have cascading effects on the price lists and which could lead to a doubling of the inflation rate compared to the current one by the spring – concludes Truzzi – A situation that it will weigh on the consumption of Italians, because families will react to the increases by contracting spending, with cascading effects on trade and the national economy ”.
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