Sardinian cities at the bottom of the annual price increase rankings . Istat released this morning the territorial inflation data for May, based on which the National Consumers Union drew up the ranking of the cities where the cost of living has increased the most in the last year.
Of the 78 cities examined, Olbia-Tempio and Sassari are in last and second to last place, and Cagliari is also well below the national average . At a regional level , Sardinia is second to last, only in Valle d'Aosta are the annual increases lower .
At the top of the list is Bolzano where the trend inflation of +2.3% , the third highest in Italy ex aequo with other cities such as Venice and Naples, translates into the highest additional expenditure on an annual basis of 763 euros for an average family . In second place is Siracusa, where the highest inflation is recorded overall (+3%) and annual increases rise to 649 euros for an average family. Then Pistoia, inflation at 2.4% and increases of 649 euros. Venice, Padua, Rimini, Belluno, Bologna, Bergamo and Arezzo follow in the top ten.
Among the Sardinian cities taken into consideration. Cagliari is in 52nd place, with inflation at 1.7% and annual increases of 347 euros, compared to an Italian average of 401 euros (with inflation at +1.6%) .
Looking at the ranking from the bottom, the most virtuous city is Olbia-Tempio, where annual increases amount to 159 euros. Inflation, the lowest in Italy together with those of Parma and Lodi, is at 0.8%. Second Sassari: inflation +0.9% and annual increases of 179 euros .
Even at a regional level, Sardinia is all about saving. With inflation at 1.4%, the annual increase in the cost of living is 269 euros. Only Valle d'Aosta does better: +0.9% and +249 euros .
The most expensive region is Trentino (+1.9% and +587 euros) , ahead of Friuli Venezia Giulia (+1.7% and +466 euros) and Veneto (+1.7% and +457 euros). Then Lazio, Lombardy, Marche and Liguria, eighth Puglia, the most expensive region in the South with increases of 400 euros per year for an average family.
(Unioneonline/L)
