ROMA (ITALPRESS) – According to the preliminary estimates, in May 2026 the national index of consumer prices for the entire community (NIC), to the gross of the tobaccos, recorded a variation of +0.4% on a monthly basis and of +3.2% on a yearly basis (from +2.7% of the previous month). Istat detects it.
The acceleration of inflation is mainly due to the price of non-regulated energy (from +9.6% to +12,6%), regulated energy (from +5.3% to +5.8%), transport services (from +0.6% to +1.8%) and recreational, cultural and personal care services (from +2.6% to +3.0%). In May the “bottom inflation”, net of fresh energy and food, accentuates its growth rate (from +1.6% to +1.8%), as well as that net of only energy goods (from +1.9% to +2.1%).
The prices of goods and services record an annual acceleration of equal amounts (respectively +3.1% to +3.5% and +2.4% to +2.8%). As a result, the differential between the service sector and that of goods remains unchanged compared to the previous month, at -0.7 percentage points.
The rate of tendential variation of the prices of the food goods, for the care of the house and the person remains stable to +2.3%, while that of the high frequency products of purchase salt slightly (from +4.2% to +4.5%).
The change in the general index reflects above all the increase in the prices of recreational, cultural services and for the care of the person (+1.4%), unworked food (+0.6%), regulated energy and non-regulated energy (+0.5% for both), processed food and non-durable goods (+0.3% for both); decrease the prices of transport services (-0.5%).
The inflation acquired for 2026 is +2.6% for the general index and +1.6% for the underlying component. According to preliminary estimates, the harmonised consumer price index (IPCA) recorded a change of +0.4% on a monthly basis and +3.3% on an annual basis (from +2.8% of the previous month).
“In May 2026, according to the preliminary estimates, inflation rises to +3.2% – comments Istat- . The acceleration is mainly due to tensions on the prices of non-regulated energy goods, transport and recreational, cultural and personal care services. A brake effect on the dynamics of inflation is due instead to the prices of food goods, which maintain their growth rate substantially stable. Invariata is also the dynamic of the prices of the “cart of expenditure” (stop to +2.3%), while the underlying inflation rises to +1.8% (from +1.6%). The inflation acquired in May, for 2026, is +2.6%”.
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