Istat issues lots of press releases on the latest Italian economic and social phenomena. To organize the huge variety of information, different format have been created, whose distinction is based mainly on the frequency and on the novelty of the data:
Each press release is accompanied by a set of tables and time series for comparisons over time, a glossary of the technical terminology used and explanatory notes on the methods adopted to produce the information: sample size, index definition procedures, data seasonal adjustment techniques.