Employment and unemployment (monthly)

Employment rate was 56.7%, +0.2 percentage points compared with February, unemployment rate was 11.4%, -0.3 percentage points over the previous month, and inactivity rate was […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In April 2016, according to preliminary estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) held steady on monthly basis and declined by […]

Industrial producer prices

The industrial producer price index measures the evolution of output prices for goods manufactured in Italy and sold on the domestic and non-domestic markets. Since […]

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 […]

Real estate sales and loans

In the fourth quarter of 2015, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 183,786, increasing by 9.1% over the same period for the previous year. 171,517 […]

Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate index decreased in April 2016 from 114.9 to 114.2. All components decreased: economic from 142.7 to […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in March 2016. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in March […]

Industrial turnover and orders

The industrial turnover index measures the monthly evolution of sales by industrial enterprises at current prices. The new orders index is an indicator of the […]

Retail trade

The retail trade index measures the monthly evolution of the turnover at current prices of enterprises with retail sale outlets. With effect from January 2013 […]

Production and costs in constructions

In February 2016 the seasonally adjusted index compared with the previous month increased by 0.3%. The percentage change of the average of the quarter December […]