Regional Households disposable income

Istat disseminates regional accounts for Households up to disposable income for the years 2008 and 2009. Regional households accounts show the economic behaviour of the […]

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 […]

Citizens and the ICTs

Every year the survey on “Aspects of daily life” provides data on behaviours and the most important aspects of daily life in households. The information […]

Households income and corporate profits

In the second quarter of 2010, the household saving rate (defined as gross saving divided by gross disposable income, with the latter being adjusted for […]

Poverty in Italy

Istat disseminates the relative and absolute poverty estimations for the households residing in Italy, based on 2009 Households Budget Survey data. Being sample estimations, they […]

Household consumptions

Istat estimates that, in 2009, the average monthly household consumption expenditure was 2,442 Euros (-1.7% in comparison with 2008). Considering the inflation rate (+0.08) and […]

Air quality in European cities

ISTAT presents an analysis of air quality in European cities for the 2004-2008 period using data from the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) AirBase database. Elementary […]

Public offer of nurseries

Istat has published the main results of a rapid survey of expenditure and users of socio-educational services for infants. The aim is to provide an […]

Book-reading habits in Italy

Every year the survey on “Aspects of daily life” gathers information about leisure-time book reading. The term ‘readers’ refers to people aged 6 and over […]

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 […]