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, […]

Enterprise groups in Italy

Istat makes available data on the structure and size of enterprise groups in Italy in 2011 under the classification of economic activities Nace Rev. 2, […]

Consumer prices: provisional data

In December 2013, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.2% compared with the previous month […]

Business confidence

In December 2013 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

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 […]

Books production and reading in Italy

In 2013, over 24 million people aged 6 and over report they had read at least one book during the 12 months prior to the […]

Consumer confidence

In December the confidence climate index decreased from 98.2 to 96.2. The decrease was explained by personal and current components that decreased from 101.1 to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]