Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate in April 2018 decreased from 117.5 to 117.1. The economic and future components improved (from 141.9 […]

Competitiveness of productive sectors

On the occasion of the presentation of the 2018 Report, Istat created an infographic on competitiveness of productive sectors. Click the image to download pdf […]

Enterprises and environment

In 2015 the environmental protection expenditure for industry was 1,405 million of euros of which 979 million of euros were investments in equipment and plant […]

Multinational enterprises

In 2015, there were 14,007 foreign affiliates resident in Italy. These enterprises employed 1.3 million  persons, generated a turnover of 530 billion  euros and a […]

New entrepreneurs and high growth enterprises

The expansion of the social, economic and statistical information is carried out from the integration of multiple administrative and statistical sources. This allows to define […]

General Government participations in Italy

In 2015, units owned by general government in Italy were 9,655 with a weight of 882,012 in terms of persons employed. Compared to the previous […]

The effects of tax provisions on enterprises

This note analyzes the effects of the main provisions on corporate income taxation adopted in Italy in 2017: the reduction of the corporate income tax […]

The profile of the new entrepreneurs

The expansion of the social, economic and statistical information is carried out from the integration of multiple administrative and statistical sources. This allows to define […]

Environmental protection investments

In 2014 investments for environmental protection of industrial companies decreased for the second year in a row, with a decline of 19.7 % compared to […]

Multinational enterprises

In 2014, there were 13,569  foreign affiliates resident in Italy. These enterprises employed 1,2 million  persons, generated a turnover of 524 billion  euros and a […]