Foreign trade and import prices

In April 2021 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to March 2021, increased by +3.4% for outgoing flows and by +1.9% for incoming flows. Exports rose for non-EU […]

Consumer prices

In May 2021 the rate of change of Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was null compared with the previous month and […]

Quarterly national accounts: update

Istat releases an update for the first quarter 2021 of quarterly national accounts of last 1 June, which takes over a slight revision in some […]

Labour market

The labour input, as measured by hours worked, declines by -0.2% compared to the previous quarter and by -0.1% compared to the first quarter of […]

Export of Italian regions

In the first quarter of 2021, exports increased in seasonally-adjusted terms, compared with the previous period, by +4.8% for the Centre, +3.8% for the South […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). With effect from January 2018 the indices are calculated with reference […]

Retail trade

In April 2021 estimates for seasonally adjusted index of retail trade decreased by 0.4% in value terms, likewise volume was down 0.5% in the month […]

Italy’s Economic Outlook

In 2021 GDP is expected to increase (4.7%) followed by a deceleration in 2022 (+4.4%). In both years the domestic demand will provide a remarkable […]

Trends in the agricutural economy

Production and value added fell sharply, secondary activities collapse In 2020 agricultural production decreased in volume by 3.2% and value added by 6%; employment also […]

Employment and unemployment (provisional)

In April 2021 the number of both employed and unemployed persons increased, while a decline was recorded for inactive people. On a monthly basis, the […]