Employment and unemployment (provisional estimates)

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, […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

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

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 […]

Construction costs for residential building

The construction costs index for residential building approximates the monthly evolution of costs of the residential construction sector. Since January 2013 the indices are alculated […]

Business confidence

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

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 March the confidence climate index grew from 97.7 to 101.7. The increase is explained by all components: economic, personal, current, and future that increased […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

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

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 […]