Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate index increased in January 2016 from 117.7 to 118.9. All components increased: economic, personal, current and […]

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 […]

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 December 2015. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in December […]

Production in construction

In November 2015 the seasonally adjusted index compared with the previous month increased by 2.9%. The percentage change of the average of the quarter September-November […]

Construction costs

The construction costs index for residential building approximates the monthly evolution of costs of the residential construction sector. Since January 2013 the indices are calculated […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2010=100) referring to November 2015. The results of […]

Consumer prices

In December 2015 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) held steady on monthly basis and rose by 0.1 with respect to […]

News about consumer price indices

On the occasion of the release of the final consumer price indices of January 2016 (scheduled on February 22) some important innovations will be introduced, […]

Industrial import prices

The import price index measures the evolution of prices for industrial products bought by industrial and commercial enterprises in Italy, both in the euro zone […]