Turnover in other services

In the first quarter of 2012 the index of the aggregate turnover of services shows a decrease  of 4.4%. Compared to the first quarter of 2011 the turnover index decreases by 18.4% in Wholesale […]

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 […]

Confidence of trade and service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted market services confidence indicator decreased to 72.7 in May (from 75.8 in April). The index declined in Tourism services (to 60.9) and […]

Retail trade

The retail trade index measures the monthly evolution of the turnover at current prices of enterprises with retail sale outlets. Since January 2009 the indices […]

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 […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in April 2012. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in April […]

Italy’s Economic Outlook

During 2012, the deceleration in global economic growth will halve real international trade growth. The easing of tensions in the commodity markets is expected to […]

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 […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2005=100) referring to March 2012. The results of […]

Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the first quarter of 2012 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.8 per cent with […]