Confidence in manufacturing and construction

In July the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in manufacturing fell from 100.5 in June to 98.5. Assessments on order books and production expectations worsened, while […]

Production in construction

In May 2011 the seasonally adjusted index decreased by 1.2% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the quarter March-May, […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index falls in July to 103.7 from 105.8. The downswing is mainly due to a pessimism particularly focused on short term expectations, which […]

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 […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non- EU countries in June 2011. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in […]

Foreign trade

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

Consumer prices

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. […]

Households income and corporate profits

In the first quarter of 2011 the gross household saving rate (defined as gross saving divided by gross disposable income, with the latter being adjusted […]

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 […]

Euro-zone economic outlook

After a strong rebound in Q1 (0.8%), GDP growth in the Euro-zone is expected to decelerate markedly in Q2 (0.3%) and then grow at a […]