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 […]

Production in construction

In March 2011 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 0.2% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter January-March, […]

Confidence of service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted services confidence indicator decreased to 96.7 in May (from 97.9 in April). The index by sector improved in Transportation and storage (to […]

Retail trade index

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 […]

National demographic balance

The National Institute of Statistics disseminates data on the size of the resident population as well as on births, deaths and migratory movement. The data […]

Consumer Confidence

The confidence index rises in May to 106.5 from 103.7. The upswing is mainly due to a widespread optimism, particularly focused on country overall economic […]

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 […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

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

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 […]

Book-reading habits in Italy

In 2010, 46.8% of the population aged 6 and over said they had read at least one book (over 26,400,000 people) in their leisure time […]