Production in construction

In September 2011 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 4.4% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter July-September, […]

Agricultural products prices

The agricultural price indices provide information on trends in purchase prices of the means of production  and producer prices of agricultural products. Since January 2009 […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index grows in November from 93.3 to 96.5. The improvement is mainly due to a widespread optimism particularly focused on the short term […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in October 2011. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in October […]

Services to homeless people

In 158 Italian municipalities, where the survey was carried out, there were 727 organizations providing, in 2010, services to homeless people. They acted in 1,187 […]

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 […]

Childhood and daily life

The context of family life for children and youngsters is changing: between 1998 and 2011 the percentage of minor children without brothers and sisters has […]

Consumer prices

The Consumer Price Index measures the change in prices over time of a set of goods and services (CPI basket) representative of Italian household consumption. […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base  year 2005=100) referring to September 2011. The results of […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). Since January 2009 the indices have been calculated with reference to […]