Business confidence

Starting from June 2012, Istat released a new composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator). The composite index, obtained by summarising the […]

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. Since January 2009 the indices […]

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 […]

Hours worked

Hours worked in firms with at least 10 employees in industry and services (with the exception of social and personal ones) are calculated as per […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence climate index fell in June from 86.5 to 85.3. The decrease was notably explained by economic climate that decreased from 64.2 to 59.7. […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in May 2012. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in May […]

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 […]

Job vacancy rate

A job vacancy is a paid post which can be newly created, unoccupied or about to become vacant, for which the employer is taking active […]

Production in construction

In April 2012 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 4.4% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter February-April, […]