Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In order to improve the timeliness of statistical information on the Italian labour market and in accordance with the agreements made within the European Union, […]

Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22,4 million persons were employed in the 4th quarter 2014, rising up 0.7% (+156 thousands) from 4th quarter 2013. The employment rate […]

GDP and General Government net borrowing

The National Institute of Statistics releases the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and General Government debt in accordance with the definitions of the European […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In February 2015, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) rose by 0.3% compared with the previous month […]

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 […]

Consumer and business confidence

In February 2015 with regards to the Consumer survey, the confidence climate index increased from 104.4 to 110.9. The increase is explained by a growth […]

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

Turnover in services

The Services Turnover Index measures the quarterly change recorded in sales at current prices by enterprises belonging to the domain of services. Starting from the […]

Industrial districts

Istat identified 141 industrial districts in 2011 on the basis of Local market areas (LMAs, ‘labour market areas – SLL’ in Italy) and the analysis […]