Consumer and business confidence

In January 2015 with regards to the Consumer survey, the confidence climate index increased from 99.9 to 104.0. The increase is due to a growth […]

Business confidence

In December 2014 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator) remained stable to 87.6. The confidence index in manufacturing rose to […]

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2010 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Italian multinational enterprises

Data refer to 2012 for the business structure and economic activities carried out abroad by Italian-controlled enterprises, and to 2013-2014 for new investments abroad with […]

ICT usage in enterprises

Istat disseminates the main findings of the survey on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in enterprises with at least 10 persons employed […]

General Government participations in Italy

Istat releases for the first time data on economic units participated by the General Government and on their owned value of shares and other equity. […]

Foreign affiliates resident in Italy

In 2012 there were 13,328 foreign affiliates resident in Italy. These enterprises employed 1.2 million persons, generated a turnover of 505 billion euros and a […]

Labour indicators in enterprises

In the third quarter of 2014 seasonally adjusted volumes of hours worked for the total of industry and services increased by 0.4% with respect to […]

Research and development in Italy

In 2012, in current price terms, Italy’s gross domestic expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) was 20.5 billion euro. It increased by 3.5% compared to […]

Innovation in Italian enterprises

Istat presents the results of the latest Innovation survey in the Italian enterprises. The survey covers innovation activities of the enterprises with at least ten […]