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 […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

According to preliminary estimates, in October 2018 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was stable on monthly basis and increased by […]

Preliminary estimate of GDP

In the third quarter of 2018 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume estimate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was unchanged with respect to the […]

Consumer and business confidence

In October 2018, the consumer confidence index improved slightly from 116.1 to 116.6. With regard to the individual components, the future component increased from 120.3 […]

Industrial and construction producer prices

In September 2018 the total producer price index rose by 0.4% compared with the previous month. Domestic and non-domestic producer price indexes increased by 0.4% […]

Palermo city of culture

In 2018, 668,405 inhabitants live in the municipality of Palermo. The population has been decreasing for at least 25 years (in 1990 residents were over […]