Building the European AI Skills Ecosystem – Enhancing Competences and Nurturing Talent

The event is focused on developing AI skills and nurturing talent across Europe

Note on Italian economy – March- April 2026

The note on Italian economy for the months of March and April 2026 now online

A public consultation on official statistics

Until 30 September the online questionnaire to collect the views of Institutions, businesses, and citizens on Istat data

Employment and unemployment (provisional data) – March 2026

In March 2026, employment decreased (-0.1%). Unemployment rate down to 5.2% (-0.1 p.p.)

Foreign trade with non-EU countries – March 2026

In March 2026 import +3.5%, export +3.1% over February 2025; the trade balance was +5,643 million euro

Turnover of industry and services – February 2025

In February 2026 industrial turnover increased by 0.5% y-o-y, services +2.4% y-o-y

Notification of general government deficit and debt – Years 2022/2025

In 2025, the government deficit to GDP ratio was -3.1%

Consumer prices – March 2026

In March 2026 the CPI +0.5% over February and +1.7% y-o-y

Industrial production – February 2026

In February 2026 the index increased by 0.1% over January and by 0.5% year-over-year

Quarterly non-financial sector accounts – Q4 2025

In Q4 2025 deficit/GDP was +1.4%; households gross disposable income -0.4%