Production in construction

In December 2018 construction output continues to rise in the month-on-month series, growing by 0.2%. In Quarter 4 (October to December) production in construction decreased […]

Industrial turnover and orders

In December 2018 the seasonally adjusted turnover index decreased by 3.5% compared to the previous month (-2.7% in domestic market and -4.7% in non-domestic market); […]

Foreign trade and import prices

In December 2018 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to November 2018, decreased both for outgoing flows (-2.3%) and for incoming flows (-1.0%). Exports drop for non EU […]

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 December 2018, both value and volume of retail trade contracted by 0.7% when compared with the previous month. Year-on-year growth rate fell by 0.6% […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

According to preliminary estimates, in January 2019 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.1% on monthly basis and by […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In December 2018, the number of employed people moderately grew compared with November (+0.1%, +23 thousand); the employment rate rose at 58.8% (+0.1 percentage points […]

Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the fourth quarter of 2018 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.2 per cent with […]

Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of wages and salaries (per employee or per hour) determined by contractual provisions […]

Consumer and business confidence

In January 2019, the consumer confidence index improved from 113.2 to 114.0. All the components bettered: the economic one from 129.5 to 130.8, the personal […]