THE’Istat has spread the data of Consumer prices for the month of February 2025, through which theinflation. Last month the figure grew by 0.2% on January and 0.1% compared to February 2024. It is the third month of consecutive increase in consumer prices, but the situation remains under control.
Total inflation has in fact stood at 1.6%, while the basic one even fell of a tenth percentage point, to 1.7%. Both data remain widely beyond below the 2% threshold. On the monthly increase above all the regulated energy goods weigh, therefore the bills of those who remained on the protected market.
Energy peak in February, inflation increases
On an annual basis, the Italian inflation stood at 1.6% according to the latest data Istat For February 2025. However, there are different categories of products that grow at a clearly higher average than the others:
- Food products and soft drinks (+2.1%);
- Alcoholic drinks and tobacco (+2.6%);
- home, water, electricity and fuels (+3.1%);
- education (+2.9%);
- accommodation and catering services (+2.7%);
- Other goods and services (+2.7%).
The most important increase is the one concerning theenergy, which ends up influencing many other voices. A growth that, for consumers, is reflected above all in the growth of costs in the bill, both for electricity and gas. The growth of regulated energy products, and therefore the protected market, is particularly high, which, while representing just over 7% of the total energy, they grow by 31.4% Compared to 2024.
The so -called also increases shopping cart, the set of goods considered fundamental for families consumption. It goes from 1.7%of January to 2%, a significant but lower result of expectations, which stood at 2%.
Assoupent alert: “unstoppable increase”
The consumer association Solos denounces the risks of the increase in inflation, in particular as regards the shopping cart and bills. President Gabriele Melluso spoke about it:
On the food front, new tensions are recorded, with the retail prices that record a rise to the rise that appears unstoppable. The current increase in food price lists brings the annual expenditure of Italians for foods and drinks to rise to a total of consumption, of over 3.9 billion euros compared to last year, considering the totality of families and their expenditure for power supply.
To influence the dear bills on the price lists, which weighs like a boulder on production costs with a tsunami effect on inflation in Italy, while citizens’ salaries remain at the pole with consequences on the purchasing power of families. Istat’s data once again highlight the need to intervene on the causes that trigger the rise in prices in Italy, starting from the dear-energy, fighting speculations and protecting the expenditure capacity of the Italians “concludes the president of Assoutenti.
The prices that descend or that rise less
In February 2025, however, there is also a series of products and services whose prices grow less than the average. In some cases, rather sensitive drops have also occurred:
- Clothing and footwear (+0.8%);
- Furniture, articles and services for the home (+0.3%);
- health services and health expenses (+1.5%);
- transport (-0.1%);
- communications (-5.0%);
- reception, shows and culture (+1.3%).
Second consecutive drop around 5% for communications, which are confirmed one of the most competitive sectors in our country, in which prices are easily descended due to the many offers available to customers.
The regions where inflation grows more
Much of the regions are approximately around the national figure regarding inflation. Fourteen out of twenty are in a margin of 0.2% from +1.6% which is the Italian average. Are an exception, among those that grow most:
- Trentino-Alto Adige (+2.1%);
- Calabria (+2.0%);
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia (+1.9%);
- Campania (+1.9%).
The regions that are distinguished most for an inflation under control are the Lombardy (+1.3%) and the Valle d’Aosta (+0.9%). It follows that the North-West is the most distant macro area from the national average: inflation in these regions grows on average in fact only of1.4%.
Inflation and the Italian economy
Even if inflation had not reached these levels since November 2023, the Italian figure is still not very worrying. At least from September 2024 a slow ascent is underway that is leading prices to reach what is considered by economists the ideal level For inflation, 2%.
A trajectory also confirmed by the very regular trend of the underlying inflation, which for months has been at least below 2%. The figure of GDP, growing 0.7% in February, is worrying more, too little for inflation on these levels. Risk is an erosion of purchasing power and a stagnation of the economy, which would lead to a impoverishment of the population.
