According to ISTAT data released today, consumer confidence fell from 102.5 to 100.9 in January. "The honeymoon with the Meloni Government is over. After that in November, the first useful survey after the official appointment to the Meloni and the oath of October 22, confidence had jumped to the top with an improvement of 17 points for the expectations on the economic situation of the family, now confidence begins to fall and both expectations (from -18.6 to -19.8) and judgments (from -42.7 to -44.9) on the situation of the family worsen. In short, Italians have less hope than before that the Government can solve their problems,” says Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumers Union. "It is a drop due to the gasoline effect, that is to say the government's decision to raise excise duties on fuels, which certainly removed from the field the expectation that this government would not put its hands in the pockets of Italians. Of course, the fact that your honeymoon is over doesn't mean you're already divorced. Also because, with regard to Italy, if the judgment on the economic situation decreases, from -109.4 to -114, they still keep their expectations. In short, nothing is lost. It is up to the government to change course,” Dona concludes.
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