Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the fourth quarter of 2018 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.2 per cent with […]

Consumer and business confidence

In January 2019, the consumer confidence index improved from 113.2 to 114.0. All the components bettered: the economic one from 129.5 to 130.8, the personal […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in December 2018. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in December […]

Production in construction

Construction output grew in the month-on-month series following a contraction in October, rising by 0.2% in November 2018. Production in construction continued its recent decline […]

Industrial turnover and orders

In November 2018 the seasonally adjusted turnover index increased by 0.1% compared to the previous month (+0.1% in domestic market and 0.0% in non-domestic market); […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). With effect from January 2018 the indices are calculated with reference […]

Retail trade

In November 2018, the retail trade index increased by 0.7% (both in value and volume terms) when compared with the previous month. The year-on-year growth […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In November 2018 the number of employed people was substantially unchanged compared with October; even the employment rate was stable at 58.6%. The male employment […]

Euro-zone economic outlook

Economic growth is forecast to moderate over the forecast horizon (+0.3% for each quarter) with domestic demand expected to be the main driver even if […]

Quarterly non-financial sector accounts

The Quarterly non-financial General government (GG) account and the other statistics presented in this press release are estimated in the framework of Quarterly non-financial sector […]