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)

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. […]

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 […]

Confidence in manufacturing and construction

In August the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in manufacturing rose to 99.9 from 98.8 in July. Assessments on order books improved, production expectations worsened while […]

Confidence of service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted market services confidence indicator rose to 94.3 in August (from 94.2 in July). The index diminished in Transportation and storage (to 97.8), […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index falls in August from 103.7 to 100.3. The downswing is mainly due to a pessimism particularly focused on the overall economic situation, […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2005=100) referring to June 2011. The results of […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). Since January 2009 the indices have been calculated with reference to […]

Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the second quarter of 2011 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.3 per cent with […]

Employment and unemployment

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, […]