Separations and divorces in Italy

In 2011 separations were 88,797 and divorces 53,806; compared to the previous year a substantial stability is observed (+0.7% and -0.7%, respectively). Total separation and […]

Consumer confidence

In May the confidence climate index decreased from 86.3 to 85.9. The reduction was due to the decrease in the economic and future climate ( […]

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 […]

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 April 2013. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in April […]

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 March 2013 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 4.1% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter January-March, […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2010=100) referring to March 2013. The results of […]

Books production and reading

After the 2010 recovery, 2011 marks another standstill for Italian book production: new titles decrease by 9.4% and copies by 5.9%. Publishers consider as main […]

Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the first quarter of 2013 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.5 per cent with […]