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, […]

Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22,4 million persons were employed in the 4th quarter 2013, down 1,7% (-397 thousands) from 4th quarter 2012. The employment rate decreased […]

Employment and unemployment (year)

Istat estimates that 22,4 million persons were employed in the 2013, down 2,1% (-478 thousands) from 2012. The employment rate decreased to 55.6%. Unemployment rise […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

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

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 […]

Business confidence

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

Consumer price basket 2014

As every year, Istat updates the list of products included in the consumer price index basket. The updating takes into account the novelty emerged in […]

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 […]

Industrial import prices

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

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 […]