Employment and unemployment

Istat estimates that 22.9 million persons were employed in October 2010 (provisional data). Employment rate was 57%, unemployment rate 8.6% and inactivity rate 37.7%. According […]

Large firms labour indicators

In September 2010 the seasonally adjusted employment index in large firms decreased by 0.1% (-0.2% in industry and unchanged in services) compared with August 2010; […]

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 […]

Contractual wages and salaries

At the end of October 2010 the coverage rate (share of national collective agreements in force for the wage setting aspects) was 62.3 per cent […]

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 […]

Crime, victims, the perception of safety

Map of crime: most robberies, snatch-thefts, threats, vehicle thefts in the South, most non-contact thefts of personal property, primary residence burglaries, pickpocketing and bicycle thefts […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non- U countries in October2010. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in October […]

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 […]

Real estate sales and loans

Istat has published data for the second quarter of 2010 on notarial deeds for both the sale of real estate units – divided into residential units […]

Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2005=100) referring to September 2010. The results of […]