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 […]

Household consumptions

In 2010 the average monthly household consumption expenditure, in current values, was 2,453 Euros, with a +0.5% change in comparison with 2009. Taking into account […]

Consumer Confidence

The confidence index falls in June to 105.8 from 106.5. The downswing is mainly due to a pessimism particularly focused on personal confidence which falls […]

Consumer Confidence

The confidence index rises in May to 106.5 from 103.7. The upswing is mainly due to a widespread optimism, particularly focused on country overall economic […]

Book-reading habits in Italy

In 2010, 46.8% of the population aged 6 and over said they had read at least one book (over 26,400,000 people) in their leisure time […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index lowers to 103.7 from 105.1 in March. The downswing is mainly due to a widespread pessimism on short-term expectations (from 93.7 to […]

Households income and corporate profits

The analysis provided below is based on a selection of indicators derived from quarterly national accounts by institutional sector (QSA), which allow a timely analysis […]

Households with foreigners

In 2009, Istat carried out for the first time the “Income and living conditions” survey on a sample of 6,000 households resident in Italy with […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index lowers to 105.2 from 106.3 in February. The downswing is mainly due to a widespread pessimism on country overall economic situation (from […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index goes up from 105.9 in January to 106.4. The increase is mainly due to the optimism on short-term expectations both on country […]