Italy’s Economic Outlook

Starting from the second semester of 2013, global economic growth has improved but the advanced economies are forecast to accelerate only gradually. Oil is expected […]

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, […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In October 2013, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) decreased by 0.3% 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 […]

Real estate sales and loans

In the first quarter of 2013, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 138,899, decreasing by 10.3% over the same period for the previous year. […]

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 […]

Business confidence

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

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 […]

Consumer confidence

In October the confidence climate index decreased from 100.8 to 97.3. All the components worsened. In particular, referring to the economic and personal components, the […]

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 […]