Italian cost of living soars

The Bulletin Vol. 2, No. 11, 16 March 1963 · p. 9 of the scan · 75 words

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The soaring cost of living concerns the Italian people. According to official figures issued on March the 7th by the National Institute of Statistics,, quoted by a Rome report, in last Jamary there was an increase of 8.1. per cont compared with the same month of last yaar. This is one of the highest yearly increases since the end of the war. Since December 1962 the cost of living has increased by 1.7 per cent,