Italy’s economic outlook 2018-2019

In 2018, GDP is expected to increase by 1.1 percent in real terms.The domestic demand will provide a contribution of 1.3 percentage points while foreign […]

Production in construction

Construction output is estimated to increase by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2018 (July to September) compared to the previous quarter. This rise follows […]

Foreign trade and Industrial import prices

In September 2018 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to August 2018, decreased both for outgoing flows (-2.1%) and for incoming flows (-0.3%). Exports fell both for non […]

Consumer prices

In October 2018 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was stable on monthly basis and increased by 1.6% with respect to […]

Homicide victims

In 2017, 357 persons were murdered in Italy (234 males and 123 females), equal to 0.59 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, with 0.79 homicides per 100,000 […]

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 […]

Retail trade

Year-on-year estimates of value of retail trade index showed a drop for September 2018, decreasing by 2.5% compared with September 2017. The quantity sold in […]

Monthly report on Italian economy

US economy maintained robust growth while activity moderated in the Euro area. In Italy, after fourteen consecutive expansions, in the third quarter GDP remained unchanged […]

Productivity statistics

Istat releases productivity statistics for the period 1995-2017. The productivity series are coherent with the results of the latest release of national accounts. The adopted […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In September 2018, the number of employed people declined (-0.1% over the previous month, -34 thousand), following the increase observed in the previous month. The […]