The Italian statistical office Istat released its preliminary consumer price inflation data for Italy on Wednesday. Preliminary consumer prices in Italy fell 0.3% in September, after a 0.2% rise August.

The decline was mainly driven by a drop in services prices related to transport, which decreased 4.0% in September.

On a yearly basis, consumer prices climbed 0.3% in September, after a 0.2% increase in August.

The increase was driven by a rise in unprocessed food, which climbed 3.4% year-on-year in September.

Consumer price inflation excluding unprocessed food and energy prices increased to 0.8% year-on-year in September from 0.7% in August.