Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2005 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Preliminary results of the 15th Population

Istat presents the preliminary results of the 15th Population and Housing. Italy has a total resident population of 59.464.644, (28.750.942 males and 30.713.702 females). Italy’s […]

Confidence of trade and service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted market services confidence indicator decreased to 76.0 in April (from 82.2 in March 2012). The index declined in Tourism services (to 69.5), […]

Confidence in manufacturing and construction

In April the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in manufacturing fell to 89.5 from 91.1 in March. Assessments on order books and inventories remained stable, while […]

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 fells in April from 96.3 to 89.0. The decrease was notably explained by short term expectations, whose climate decreased   from 86.3 […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

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

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 February 2012 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 9.9% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter December-February, […]

Foreign Trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2005=100) referring to February 2012. The results of […]