Building permits indicators

The building permits indicators measure the quarterly evolution in the number of dwellings used for residential purposes, square metres of residential useful floor area and […]

Business confidence

In January 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 January the confidence climate index increased from 96,4 to 98,0. The increase was explained by personal, current and future components that increased from 97.3 […]

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 […]

International and internal migration

In 2012, 351,000 people immigrated to Italy, compared to 386,000 people who immigrated during the previous year. The decline in immigration is mainly due to […]

Inflation measures by population subgroups

In April 2013, Istat started the release of a new set of indicators with the aim of providing a measure of the effects 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 2013. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in December […]

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 […]

Production in construction

In November 2013 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 2.6% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter September-November […]