Employment and unemployment (provisional)

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, […]

Confidence in the construction

In December the seasonally adjusted confidence index in construction fell to 79.9 from 83.5 in November. Both assessments of order books and employment expectations worsened […]

Confidence in manufacturing

In January 2011 the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in manufacturing rose to 103.6 from 103.1 in the previous month. The improvement stemmed from a recovery […]

Confidence in the Retail Trade

In January 2011, the seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in retail trade declined from 106.7 to 99.9. Both assessments and expectations on business situation worsened while […]

Confidence in the market services

The seasonally adjusted confidence indicator in market services increased to 98.5 in January (from 95.8 in December). The improvement in confidence was due to more […]

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 goes down from 109.1 in December to 105.9. The worsening is mainly due to the pessimism on short-term expectations both on country […]

Large firms labour indicators

In November 2010 the seasonally adjusted employment index in large firms was unchanged (-0.2% in industry and +0.1% in services) compared with October 2010; net […]

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 December 2010. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in December […]