Business confidence

In July 2013 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

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 […]

Consumer confidence

In July the confidence climate index increased from 95.8 to 97.3. The growth is diffused in all components: economic, personal, current and future (the index […]

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 June 2013. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in June […]

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 May 2013 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 2.0% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter March-May, […]

Foreign Trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2010=100) referring to May 2013. The results of […]

Consumer prices

In June 2013, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.3% compared with the previous month and by 1.2% with […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). With effect from January 2013 the indices are calculated with reference […]