The prices of goods and services have undergone constant growth in recent years, to the point that the price lists of some products have even tripled compared to 2001, when the lira was still in force in Italy. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the consumer association Consumerismo No Profit and the Research and Study Center of “Alma Laboris Business School”, a company specializing in Masters and Advanced Training and Specialization Courses for professionals, which compared the prices of a basket of 100 items between goods and services, analyzing the differences between the retail price lists in force at the time of the lira and those today.
Thus it turns out that the prices of some goods have even tripled in the last 20 years: this is the case of the ice cream cone which in 2001 cost 1,500 lire (0.77 euros), while today it is sold in ice cream parlors for an average of 2.50 euros ( + 224.7%). A simple ballpoint pen has undergone an increase of + 207.7%, passing from the old 500 lire (0.26 euros) to 0.80 euros. In the meantime, however, salaries have not grown as much: just by 50%. If in 2001 the average gross salary of a worker was around 19,500 euros per year, today it is around 29,300 euros, with a growth of + 50.2% in 20 years.
Source: Ansa
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