On average over the last twelve months, the general price level has increased by 2.5%.
Compared to the 4th quarter of 2019, final consumer prices in the 1st quarter of 2020 increased by 0.5%. On average over the last twelve months, the general price level has risen by 2.5%, a level of variation not reached in the first quarter since 2013. The increase is largely due to the increase in the price of food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.1%), restaurants and hotels (5.4%), and clothing and footwear (2.8%). The increase in food prices is mainly due to the increase in the prices of fruit (8.9%), vegetables (7.9%), sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (4.1%), meat (4.8%), bread and cereals (1.5%) and fish and seafood (0.4%).
