Business confidence

In June 2014 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

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 […]

Services producer price indices

Services Producer Price Indices (SPPIs) or Output Price Indices for Services measure quarterly changes in the prices received for services provided by enterprises to other […]

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 […]

Consumer confidence

In June the confidence climate index decreased from 106.2 to 105.7. The reduction is explained by the components economic, current and future that decreased respectively […]

Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of contractual wages (per employee or per hour) set by collective agreements; the […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

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

Real estate sales and loans

In the fourth quarter of 2013, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 160,525, decreasing by 8.1% over the same period for the previous year. […]

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 […]

Production in construction

In April 2014 the seasonally adjusted index was unchanged compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the quarter February-April was -2.4%, with respect […]