The estimated average “cost” of inflation for each family in Rovigo is 154 euros more per family per year. All in all, little compared to the very heavy increases in prices of the recent past, but also to those recorded in the rest of Veneto, the first region for inflation rate in April.
From the elaboration of the Consumer Union on the territorial data of the national consumer price index for the entire community in April, released yesterday by Istat, in fact, it emerges that at the top of the ranking of the most “expensive” regions, with an annual inflation of +1.3%, is Veneto which records an average burden of 324 euros per family on an annual basis. Tuscany follows, where the growth in prices of 1.2% implies a surge in the cost of living equal to 297 euros, Emilia Romagna is third with a +1% which is equivalent to 264 euros. The most “economical” regions Valle d’Aosta, Molise and Abruzzo are the only ones in deflation, i.e. those in which prices are decreasing.
Rovigo, with inflation falling by -0.2% in April compared to March and annual inflation thus remaining at 0.6%, in the ranking of price increases in the Italian capitals it is in 43rd position, below the national average of 0.8%, while in the regional ranking it is in last place, and in this case it is a good thing, together with Verona, similarly to 0 .6%, while Belluno with +1% and an estimated higher expenditure per family of 240 euros is in third to last place in Veneto and 29th in Veneto, preceded by Vicenza, with +1.2% and 308 euros more, which are worth 14th place in Italy, from
Treviso, with +1.4% and 360 euros more, 12th, and Padua, seventh in Italy with an annual inflation rate of 1.5 and an average price increase per family of 386 euros. Well over double that of nearby Rovigo.
However, it is above all Venice that is driving up the cost of the “basket” in Veneto, first ever in Italy for price increases: inflation of 1.9%, explains the Consumers’ Union, “translates into the greatest additional expenditure on an annual basis, equivalent on average to 501 euros for a Venetian family”. This is more than three times the average price increase for a family in Rovigo.
Returning to the national ranking of the cities with the greatest price increases, Siena is in second place, where the 1.9% increase in prices determines an increase in annual spending equal to 485 per family. Third step of the podium for two, Parma and Rimini, which with +1.6% have an additional expense equal to 435 euros per year for an average family. Just outside the podium, however, Milan with +1.4%, equal to 400 euros, then Florence, +1.5%, +392 euros, Trieste, +1.6%, +391 euros and Padua. Benevento was eighth with the second highest inflation in Italy, +1.8%, but with increases per family estimated by the Consumers’ Union at 385 euros. Closing out the top ten are Arezzo, +1.5% and +383 euros, and Naples +1.7% and +375 euros, third in Italy in terms of inflation. “In the ranking of the most virtuous cities in Italy – notes the Consumer Union – 3 of the 8 cities that are in deflation win: in first place is Aosta where the highest deflation in Italy, equal to -0.9% translates into greater savings equal to 234 euros on an annual basis for an average family, silver medal for Imperia, where the 0.6% decrease in prices determines a drop in annual spending equal to 134 euros for a typical family; on the lowest step of the podium of the most saving cities, Caserta which with -0.5% has a cost cut equal to 107 euros per year per family”.
For its part, Istat explains that “in April inflation began to fall again, returning to the same level as January and February: +0.8%. The slight deceleration is mostly affected by the trend in prices of non-regulated energy goods (-13.9% from -10.3% in March) and transport-related services (+2.7% from +4.5%). Food prices also slowed slightly (+2.4% from +2.7%). On the other hand, the prices of regulated energy goods, despite the significant decline on an economic basis (-10.1%), show a clear upward trend profile (-1.3% from -13.8%). The rate of growth on an annual basis in the prices of the “shopping cart” continues to decline, also in April (+2.3% from +2.6%), while underlying inflation stands at +2.1 % (from +2.3%)”.
