Italy's inflation in June hit a 36 -year high

Xinhua News Agency, Roman, July 1st (Reporter Chen Zhanjie) The report released by the Italian National Bureau of Statistics on the 1st shows that the country's inflation rate in June this year was 8%, which was the highest level since 1986.

The report said that the high inflation rate in June was caused by many factors such as energy prices.Energy prices rose 48.7%over the same period last year.High energy prices have also pushed up a variety of products and services at the same time, of which processing food prices rose 8.2%year -on -year, non -processing food prices rose 9.6%year -on -year, and transportation costs rose 7.2%year -on -year.

In May this year, the inflation rate in Italy was 6.8%, of which energy prices rose 42.6%year -on -year.

Experts believe that due to the influence of hot and dry weather, Italian agricultural product output may be reduced by one -third of this year, and this factor has not been reflected in the inflation rate statistics in June.

[Editor in charge: Feng Li]

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