4/2/2011 00:00:00
Istat has released the new basket of consumer prices for 2011. The basket 2011 is made up of 1377 products, which are re-aggregated in 591 representative positions, these are calculated on a monthly indexes of consumer prices. Compared to 2010, new positions enter the basket: PC Tablet, entrance to national parks, zoos and botanical gardens, suburban multi-modal integrated transport services, ethnic fast food, smoked salmon. Exit the position DVD Rental. Among the positions already included in the former index, that are spread out under the new classification, there are the mobile-telephone services (voice and SMS) and Internet services from mobile phones.