Retail trade

In September 2019 the monthly growth rate of sales rose by 0.7% in value terms and by 0.8% in volume terms, after two consecutive monthly […]

Employment and unemployment (provisional)

In September 2019 the estimate of employed people lightly decreased (-0.1%, -32 thousand), while the employment rate stayed at 59.1%. The decrease of employment involved […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

According to preliminary estimates, in October 2019 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was stable on monthly basis and increased by […]

Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the third quarter of 2019 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.1 per cent with […]

Consumer and business confidence

In October 2019, the consumer confidence index decreased slightly from 112.2 to 111.7. With regard to its components: the personal, the current and the future […]

Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to the national collective bargaining agreement measures the evolution of wages and salaries (per employee or per hour) determined by […]

Industrial and construction producer prices

In September 2019 the industrial producer price increased by 0.1%. The domestic producer price index increased by 0.1% and producer price index on non-domestic market […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in September 2019. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in September […]

Production in construction

Construction output contracted by 0.1% in the month-on-month series in August 2019. In the three months to August 2019 (Jun-Aug), estimates for construction output decreased […]

Foreign trade and industrial import prices

In August 2019 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to July 2019 were stable for outgoing flows and increased for incoming flows (+1.8%). Exports rose for non EU […]