Households income and corporate profits

In the fourth quarter of 2013 the gross Consumer Households saving rate (defined as gross saving divided by gross disposable income, with the latter being […]

Euro-zone economic outlook

The Eurozone recovery is expected to pick up in the first quarter of 2014 with a GDP growth rate of +0.4% (after +0.2% and +0.1% […]

Population and the environment

The last decades have been characterized by changes in the environment, most of which determined by the increasing pressure from human activities on natural ecosystems. […]

House prices

The House price index (HPI) measures the evolution of market prices of all residential properties that are purchased by households (flats, detached houses, terraced houses, […]

Real estate sales and loans

In the third quarter of 2013, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 128.558, down -4.8% over the same period for the previous year. Of […]

Employment and unemployment (provisional estimates)

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, […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

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

Industrial producer prices

The industrial producer price index measures the evolution of output prices for goods manufactured in Italy and sold on the domestic and non-domestic markets. Since […]

Construction costs for residential building

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

Business confidence

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