Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22,2 million persons were employed in the 1st quarter 2014, down 0,9% (-211  thousands) from 1st quarter 2013. The employment rate decreased […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In order to improve the timeliness of statistical information on the Italian labour market and in accordance with the agreements made within the European Union, […]

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 prices (provisional)

In May 2014, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) decreased by 0.1% compared with the previous month […]

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 […]

Business confidence

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

Consumer confidence

In May the confidence climate index grew from 105.5 to 106.3. The increase is explained by the components economic, personal and current that increased respectively […]

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 […]

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 April 2014. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in April […]