Food and more expensive beaches in July of this year, and consumers shout at the stagged holiday and shopping cart. The opposition returns to the attack by stating that “inflation is out of control, the salaries are blocked and the government remains motionless”.
Inflation was confirmed by Istat increasing by 1.7% compared to July 2024 and 0.4% on June last with the tendential acceleration of prices in particular in the food sector ( +3.7% from +3.3%) and transport ( +3.3% from +2.9%). Instead, the tendential flexion of energy prices is accentuated (-3.4% from -2.1% of June). The shopping cart sees an annual increases from +2.8% to +3.2% (the preliminary estimate indicated +3.4%). In the South, the highest tendential growth than the national ( +1.9%) prices, while it is the same in the north-east ( +1.7%) and lower in the center (dropped from +1.7%to +1.6%), in the North-West and in the islands (from +1.5%to +1.4%).
Among the cities with more than 150 thousand inhabitants, the highest inflation in July was in Rimini (+2.8%) and Padua and Naples (+2.3%both), followed by Bolzano (+2.2%); The most contained growth in Reggio Emilia (+0.8%) and Aosta and Campobasso (+0.7%).
“The sting on the summer holidays of Italians is confirmed, with all the voices related to travel and tourism that mark very strong increases compared to last year” says Codacons, according to which inflation at 1.7% “is equivalent to a greater disbursement of +559 euros per year for the family ‘Tipò, +761 euros for a nucleus with two children”. The association led by Carlo Rienzi indicates increases for national flights ( +35.9%), European (+5.5%), ferries (+10.9%), rental car (+9.9%), national holiday packages (+10.3%), holiday homes, b & b and other accommodation facilities (+6%), beaches and swimming pools (+3.4%), museums and historical monuments (+4%). bathing establishments increased prices by 7.3% on June.
“For a couple with two children, there will be an overall rise in the cost of living equal to 606 euros on an annual basis, but of these as many as 356 go only for food products and soft drinks”, explains President Massimiliano Dona. In detail, Assoutuppi indicates the prices of fresh fruit that “rise in July by +8.8%on year, tomatoes +12.3%, dairy products +7%, butter +16.9%, eggs +7.2%, chocolate +13.2%, coffee +23.4%”. Thus accusations and appeals start to the government. Raffaella Paita, group leader of Italy Viva, states that “in front of the storms of inflation, the government does not offer shelters”. Nicola Fratoianni by Avs explains: «Vegetables +3.1%, fruit +8.8%, meat +4.9%, pasta and processed foods +2.8%: all these however more mean a less for the salary of Italians. Because even in July Istat tells us that the prices of consumer goods have increased but the salaries don’t ». While Marco Grimaldi always of AVS observes that “Avs presented the bill unlocks salaries” to tie salaries to the cost of living “.
“In the face of an evident dear prices of the accommodation facilities, estimated at 30% compared to 5 years ago, there is a decline in real wages that the OECD tells us to be 7.5% compared to 2021 – says the president of the senators of the Democratic Party Francesco Boccia – the government would do well to think of support measures in favor of workers and businesses that will be affected in the coming months by the bosses imposed by the American friend of Giorgia Meloni. Italy is no longer a country for families ». And once again Meloni and government members will not say a word on inflation that increases ».