Consumer prices (provisional)

In May 2014, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) decreased by 0.1% compared with the previous month […]

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2010 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Tax and social security burden

The tax and social security burden indicators are estimated by a microsimulation model which uses data from Istat survey “Income and living conditions” (Eu-Silc European […]

Business confidence

In May 2014 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

Consumer confidence

In May the confidence climate index grew from 105.5 to 106.3. The increase is explained by the components economic, personal and current that increased respectively […]

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 […]

Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of contractual wages  (per employee or per hour) set by collective agreements; the […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in April 2014. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in April […]

Agricultural products prices

The agricultural price indices provide information on trends in purchase prices of the means of production and producer prices of agricultural products. Since January 2009 […]

The system of national accounts changes

In 2014 important changes will be introduced in the European System of National Accounts (Esa), the framework which sets out the standard methods for calculating […]