Italy’s Economic Outlook

During 2012, the deceleration in global economic growth will halve real international trade growth compared to 2011. Oil is expected to reach 112.2 dollars per […]

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 […]

Business confidence

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

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 […]

Manufacturing enterprises on foreign markets

During the first half of 2012, a manufacturing firm on two (49.8%) increased sales of its products on foreign markets compared to the same period of […]

Quarterly accounts for General Government

The quarterly non-financial accounts for General Government provide timely information about the evolution of the main public finance indicators. In particular, a breakdown of general […]

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2005 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Real estate sales and loans

In the first quarter of 2012, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 154,813, down -16.9% over the same period for the previous year. Of these, […]

Hours worked

Hours worked in firms with at least 10 employees in industry and services (with the exception of social and personal ones) are calculated as per […]

Annual Report 2012 - The state of the Nation

FOCUS FOR THE MEDIA Chapter 1 – A tough transition for the Italian economy Chapter 2 – Italy between the 1992 crisis and the current […]