Retail trade

Estimates of retail trade index for February 2019 stay relatively flat, as value increased by 0.1% from the previous month and volume was down 0.1% […]

Quarterly non-financial sector accounts

The Quarterly non-financial General Government (GG) account and the other figures presented in this press release are desumed from the Quarterly non-financial sector accounts. Data […]

Euro-zone economic outlook

GDP growth is expected to remain weak over the forecast horizon with the lowest growth rate in the first quarter driven by positive contribution of […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In February 2019, the number of employed people moderately declined compared with January (-0.1%, -14 thousand); the employment rate decreased to 58.6% (-0.1 percentage points). […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

According to preliminary estimates, in March 2019 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.3% on monthly basis and by […]

Industrial, construction and services producer prices

In February 2019 the industrial producer price index decreased by 0.1% compared with the previous month. Domestic producer price index decreased by 0.2%, while producer […]

House prices

The House Price Index (HPI) measures the evolution of market prices of all residential properties that are purchased by households (flats, detached houses, terraced houses, […]

Consumer and business confidence

In March 2019, the consumer confidence index decreased from 112.4 to 111.2. All of its components worsened: the economic, the personal, the current and the […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries

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

Production in construction

In January 2019 construction output continues to rise in the month-on-month series, growing by 0.6%. Construction output increased by 0.3% in the three-month on three-month […]