(Finance) – “In April, Italian inflation fell slightly from 6.5 to 6.2% but” despite the decline, core inflation rose significantly from 1.9% to 2.5%. There energy grip and the increase in the prices of matter prime that entangles companies begins to shift on the final prices of goods, weighing on the shopping cart of consumers “. Lucio Pomachief economist of Nomisma.
“Firms, which see their margins eroded by the difficult international situation, are unlikely to be able to increase nominal wages. purchasing power of the citizens it continues to decrease, increasing the pockets of poverty in the country “, concluded Poma.