Italians will spend close to 2 billion on New Year's Eve dinner (1.95 billion to be precise), which is 250 million higher than last year but 200 million less than the New Year's Eve before the pandemic. According to a poll performed by the Confcooperative Study Center, this is the case. The increased expenditures compared to last year, however, are not driven by the +4% of thirteenth (45.7 billion this year compared to 44 billion in 2021), but by the inflationary spiral and the growing energy prices that undermine the buying power of households. 3 out of 5 families will wait for the stroke of midnight to celebrate the new year at home, either their own or those of friends and relatives, while 1 in 5 will toast to 2023 while traveling between mountain resorts, spas, or art towns, and 1 in 5 will instead spend the evening in restaurants or rooms with planned meals. Due to the recurrence of the economic crisis and the consequences of the recovery, some people will be forced to make sacrifices in their spending habits, and one out of every five families will resort to ordering takeout as a means of saving money.
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