14/7/2011 00:00:00
In June, the national index of consumer prices for the entire community (NIC), including tobacco, recorded an increase by 0.1% compared to May 2011 and by 2.7% over the same month the previous year (it was +2.6% in May 2011 ). The final data confirming a provisional estimate. Inflation for 2011 is 2.3%. Excluding energy goods alone, the trend growth rate of consumer price index rose to 2.2% from 2.1% in May. The growth trend in commodity prices was unchanged at 3.0%, while prices of services rose to 2.6% from 2.3% the previous month. As a result of these developments, the inflation differential between goods and services decreased by three tenths of a point compared to the month of May.
