Notification of general government deficit and debt

In this release, Istat provides government deficit and debt data based on figures reported in the first 2019 notification by Italy to the EC for […]

Consumer and business confidence

In April 2019, the consumer confidence index diminished, passing from 111.2 to 110.5. The decrease was due once again to the negative trend of all […]

Industrial turnover and orders

In February 2019 the seasonally adjusted turnover index increased by 0.3% compared to the previous month (+0.8% in domestic market and -0.9% in non-domestic market); […]

Consumer prices

In March 2019 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.3% on monthly basis and by 1.0% with respect to […]

Foreign trade and Industrial import prices

In February 2019 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to January 2019, decreased for outgoing flows (-1.1%) and and remained stable for incoming flows. Exports fell both for […]

Production in construction

In February 2019 construction output increased by 3.4% in the month-on-month series, the strongest growth since February 2017. Construction output grew by 2.4% in the […]

Building permits indicators

During the third quarter of 2018, the residential construction units increased compared with the same period of the previous year (+8.8% for the number of […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). With effect from January 2018 the indices are calculated with reference […]

GDP and General Government net borrowing

Istat publishes a new version of the national economic accounts and the General Government (GG) account for 2017 and 2018, revised with respect to those […]

Retail trade

Estimates of retail trade index for February 2019 stay relatively flat, as value increased by 0.1% from the previous month and volume was down 0.1% […]