5th Jan 2016 11:03
ROME (Alliance News) - Italy's consumer price inflation remained unchanged in December, preliminary data published by Istat revealed Tuesday.
Consumer prices edged up 0.1% year-on-year in December as seen in November. On a monthly basis, it remained flat.
Excluding energy and unprocessed food, core inflation slid to 0.6% from 0.7% a month ago.
EU harmonized inflation slowed to 0.1% from 0.2% a month ago. The index dropped 0.1%. Final data is due on January 15.
Consumer price inflation eased for the third consecutive year in 2015. It fell to 0.1% from 0.2% in 2014. Core inflation was 0.7%, the same as in 2014.
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