ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In August 2026 inflation rises to +3.3% (from +2.9% of July), backed by the price trend of energy goods (from +11.6% to +17.1%). In the food sector, price dynamics continue to be moderate (awakening to +1.0%), exerting a brake on the growth of the general index. Price growth also slows down for certain types of services, including recreational, cultural and personal care and transport services.
The so-called “expenses cart” decreases slightly (from +1.0% to +0.9%), as well as background inflation (from +1.6% to +1.5%). The average inflation of 2026, acquired in August rose to +2.9%. This is what emerges from Istat data on consumer prices for August 2026. In particular, in August 2026 the national index of consumer prices for the whole community (NIC), to the gross of tobaccos, recorded a variation of +0.5% on a monthly basis and of +3.3% on an annual basis (from +2.9% of July), confirming the preliminary estimate.
The increase in inflation mainly reflects the trend in prices of Energy, regulated (from +14,8% to +18,6%) and, above all, unregulated (from +11.4% to +17.0%), durable goods (from +0.7% to +1.3%) and, to a lesser extent, non-worked foods (from +3.6% to +3.8%); compared to that services, decreases the growth of the prices of.
In August, the “bottom inflation”, calculated net of fresh energy and food, is slightly reduced (from +1.6% to +1.5%), as well as the net of only energy goods (from +1.8% to +1.7%). In the field of goods the prices evidence an acceleration of their growth rate (from +3.2% to +4.1%), to which the slowdown of that of the services prices (from +2.7% to +2.4%). The differential between the service sector and the goods sector is widened, from -0,5 to -1,7 percentage points. The tendential variation of the prices of the food goods, for the care of the house and the person is reduced (from +1.0% to +0.9%), while that of the high frequency products of purchase increases (from +3.4% to +4.3%).
The change in the general index reflects above all the increase in the prices of regulated energy (+3.0%) and non-regulated (+2.9%), transport services (+1.3%) and durable goods (+0.5%). The average inflation of 2026 in August is +2.9% for the general index and +1.9% for the underlying component. The harmonised consumer price index (IPCA) shows a change of +0.1% on a monthly basis, due to the summer balances of which the NIC does not take account, and to +3.2% on an annual basis (from +2.9% of the previous month), confirming the preliminary estimate. The national consumer price index for households of workers and employees (FOI), net of tobaccos, recorded a change of conjunctural to +0.6% and a trend of +3.4%.
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