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 […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence climate index increased in December from 84.9 to 85.7 . The increase was notably explained by economic and future climate that rise from […]

Hours worked

Hours worked in firms with at least 10 employees in industry and services (with the exception of social and personal ones) are calculated as per […]

Retail trade

The retail trade index measures the monthly evolution of the turnover at current prices of enterprises with retail sale outlets. Since January 2009 the indices […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in November 2012. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in November […]

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 October 2012 the seasonally adjusted index increased by 1.9% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter August-October, […]

Services producer price indices

Services Producer Price Indices (SPPIs) or Output Price Indices for Services measure quarterly changes in the prices received for services provided by enterprises to other […]

ICT in enterprises

In 2012, 95.7% of enterprises with 10 persons employed has a Internet connection; in many economic sectors have been reached saturation levels. The 93.6% of […]

Prisoners in the Italian Penal Institutions

There are about 10.000.000 prisoners in the world, most of whom are finally sentenced. The Prison population rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 112.6 In Italy, 127.7, […]