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, […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In November 2014 22.310 million persons were employed, -0.2% compared with October 2014. Unemployed were 3.457 million, +1.2% with respect to the previous month. Employment […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In December 2014, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) held steady on both monthly and annual basis […]

Business confidence

In December 2014 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator) remained stable to 87.6. The confidence index in manufacturing rose to […]

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2010 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

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 […]

Consumer confidence

In December the confidence climate index decreased from 100.2 to 99.7. The economic, personal and current components decreased from 103.9 to 103.2, from 99.1 to […]

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 […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in November 2014. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in November […]

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 […]