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 […]

Industrial construction and services producer prices

In December 2018 the total producer price index decreased by 0.5% compared with the previous month. The domestic producer price index decreased by 0.6% and […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in December 2018. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in December […]

Production in construction

Construction output grew in the month-on-month series following a contraction in October, rising by 0.2% in November 2018. Production in construction continued its recent decline […]

Foreign trade and import prices

In November 2018 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to October 2018, decreased both for outgoing flows (-0.4%) and for incoming flows (-2.2%). Exports drop for EU countries […]