Inflation flies to October according to Istat data which shows an increase of 3.5% on a monthly basis and 11.9% on an annual basis (from + 8.9% the previous month). We must go back to March 1984 for a general index trend of + 11.9% “comments the Institute. The strong acceleration is mainly due to the prices of energy goods (from + 44.5% in September to +73.2 %) and, to a lesser extent, the prices of food