Italy’s economic outlook 2019-2020

In 2019, GDP is expected to increase by 0.2 percent in real terms. The domestic demand will provide a contribution of 0.8 percentage points while […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In October 2019 the estimate of employed people increased (+0.2%, +46 thousand); the employment rate rose at 59.2% (+0.1 percentage points). The increase of employment […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

According to preliminary estimates, in November 2019 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was stable on monthly basis and increased by […]

Quarterly national accounts

In the third quarter of 2019 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.1% with respect to […]

Turnover in services

The Turnover in services index measures the quarterly evolution of sales by service sector enterprises at current prices. Since first quarter 2018 indices are calculated […]

Industrial and Services producer prices

In October 2019 the industrial producer price index decreased by 0.1% compared with the previous month. Domestic producer price index unchanged, while producer price index […]

Consumer and business confidence

In November 2019, the consumer confidence index worsened from 111.5 to 108.5. More specifically, the fall in confidence affected the economic component (from 127.2 to […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in October 2019. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in October […]

Separate waste collection

In 2017, municipal waste produced was 488.7 kg per inhabitant (-1.6% compared to 2016); the ratio of separate collection to total municipal waste reached 55.5% […]

Real estate sales and loans

In the second quarter of 2019, notary agreements regarding sales of real estate units and any other kind of exchange of properties and appurtenances in […]