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Beautiful, no. Temporary, either. At its peak, in all likelihood, not even: month after month, inflation is showing claws and determination. Confirming the old adage, according to which the price rush is like toothpaste: once it comes out of the tube it is very difficult to put it back in place. Are we now at this point? The latest Istat figure for March, still provisional, says + 6.7%, at the top since 1991: a wave that starts from bills (+ 59.2% in March for energy goods), but also extends to “shopping cart”, which goes up by 5%.