Italy's consumer price inflation moderated slightly in August amid falling energy costs, preliminary data from the statistical office showed on Friday.
Consumer price inflation slowed to 1.6 percent from July's stable rate of 1.7 percent. Meanwhile, economists had expected the inflation to remain stable at 1.7 percent.
The annual price decline in energy prices deepened to 4.4 percent from 3.4 percent. Data showed that prices of unregulated energy products declined 5.9 percent.
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