Research and development

In 2013, in current price terms, Italy’s gross domestic expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) was near to 21 billion euro. It increased by 2.3% […]

Structure and competitiveness of enterprises

In 2013, value added of enterprise in industrial and services sectors reduced for the second year in a row (-1.7% compared to 2012); the number […]

Consumer and business confidence

In November 2015 with regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate index increased from 117.0 to 118.4. The increase is explained by all components: […]

Turnover in services

The Services Turnover Index measures the quarterly change recorded in sales at current prices by enterprises belonging to the domain of services. Starting from the […]

Enterprise groups in Italy

Istat publishes data on the structure and size of enterprise groups in Italy in 2013 under the classification of economic activities Nace Rev. 2, which […]

General Government participations in Italy

In 2013, units owned by General Government in Italy were 10,964 with a weight of 953,100 in terms of persons employed. The shareholding considered is […]

Consumer and business confidence

In October 2015 with regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate index increased from 113.0 to 116.9. The increase is due to all components: […]

Consumer and business confidence

In September 2015 with regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate index increased from 109.3 to 112.7. The increase is explained by all components: […]

Turnover in services

The Services Turnover Index measures the quarterly change recorded in sales at current prices by enterprises belonging to the domain of services. Starting from the […]

Consumer and business confidence

In July 2015 with regard to the Consumer survey, the confidence climate index decreased from 109.3 to 106.5. The decrease is explained by all components: […]