Italy's inflation reaches nearly 40-yr high in October: statistics
STORY: Italy's inflation reaches nearly 40-yr high in October: statistics
DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:31
LOCATION: Rome
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
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STORYLINE:
Prices in Italy jumped by 11.9 percent in October compared to the same month a year ago, the highest in nearly four decades, according to provisional data released by the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) on Friday.
The figure was 3 percentage points above the then-record 8.9-percent of annual inflation in September, and it was the highest since 1983 in Italy. It was also the first time that the country's inflation experienced double digits since Italy's adoption of the euro currency in 1999.
The main driver behind the price increase was the rising energy costs sparked by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
But even the "core" inflation rate -- which excludes energy and food costs given their susceptibility to international market forces -- rose by 5.3 percent in October. Costs for service
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