Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22,4 million persons were employed in the 1st quarter 2013, down 1,8% (-410 thousands) from 1st quarter 2012. The employment rate decreased […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In May 2013, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.1% 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 […]

Business confidence

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

Final balance sheets of municipal governments

The analysis of municipal-level final balance certificates and local financing in particular falls within the context of Istat’s statistical framework on general governments. The estimations […]

Separations and divorces in Italy

In 2011 separations were 88,797 and divorces 53,806; compared to the previous year a substantial stability is observed (+0.7% and -0.7%, respectively). Total separation and […]

Consumer confidence

In May the confidence climate index decreased from 86.3 to 85.9. The reduction was due to the decrease in the economic and future climate ( […]

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 […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in April 2013. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in April […]

Industrial turnover and orders

The industrial turnover index measures the monthly evolution of sales by industrial enterprises at current prices. The new orders index is an indicator of the […]