Euro-zone economic outlook

Euro-zone GDP growth remained subdued in Q3 2011 at 0.1%: a technical rebound for a few GDP components was partly offset by the deceleration in […]

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, […]

Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22.9 million persons were employed in the 3rd quarter 2011, up 0.7% (+159 thousands) from the 3rd quarter 2010. The employment rate […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

The Consumer Price Index measures the change in prices over time of a set of goods and services (CPI basket) representative of Italian household consumption. […]

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 […]

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2005 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Confidence in manufacturing and construction

In December the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in manufacturing fell from 94.0 in November to 92.5. Assessments on order books and production expectations worsened, inventories […]

Confidence of trade and service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted market services confidence indicator decreased to 80.4 in December (from 84.8 in November). The index increased in Transportation and storage (to 84.6) […]

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

The confidence index falls in December from 96.1 to 91.6. The deterioration is due to a widespread pessimism particularly focused on short term expectations, whose […]