Production in construction

In February 2011 the seasonally adjusted index increased by 0.8% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter December-February […]

Confidence in manufacturing and construction

In April the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in manufacturing fell from 103.5 in March to 103.0. Assessments of order books remained unchanged, while production expectations […]

Confidence of service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted services confidence indicator increased to 97.9 in April (from 97.7 in March). The index by sector improved in Transportation and storage (to […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index lowers to 103.7 from 105.1 in March. The downswing is mainly due to a widespread pessimism on short-term expectations (from 93.7 to […]

Net borrowing and debt in the EDP Notification

Data on General government net borrowing, for the years 2007- 010, transmitted last March 31st to the European Commission1, confirm the ones published on March […]

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 March 2011. 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 […]

Donations and successions

In 2009, 192,536 agreements regarding donations were made, constituting 4.3% of the total number of agreements (4,506,671) contained in notarial deeds (Summary Table 1). Donations […]

Use of alcohol in Italy

In 2010 the percentage of the population aged 11 and over who had consumed at least one alcoholic drink during the year was 65.7%, lower […]