Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22,5 million persons were employed in the 2nd quarter 2013, down 2.5% (-585  thousands) from 2nd quarter 2012. The employment rate decreased […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In August 2013, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.3% compared with the previous month […]

Industrial producer prices

The industrial producer price index measures the evolution of output prices for goods manufactured in Italy and sold on the domestic and non-domestic markets. Since […]

Consumer confidence

In August the confidence climate index increased from 97.4 to 98.3. The growth is diffused in all components: economic, personal, current and future (the index […]

Business confidence

In August 2013 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of wages and salaries (per employee or per hour) determined by contractual provisions […]

Retail trade

The retail trade index measures the monthly evolution of the turnover at current prices of enterprises with retail sale outlets. With effect from January 2013 […]

Consumer prices

In July 2013, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.1%compared with the previous month and by 1.2% with respect […]

Annual report 2013 - The state of the Nation

ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – SUMMARY FOCUS FOR THE MEDIA Chapter 1 – Macroeconomy and society Chapter 2 – The system of Italian enterprises: competitiveness and […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2010=100) referring to June 2013. The results of […]