Consumer and business confidence - February 2023

In February 2023, the consumer confidence index improved from 100.9 to 104.0. The positive evolution concerned all the index components: the economic climate increased from […]

Consumer prices - January 2023

In January 2023 the rate of change of the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was +0.1% on monthly basis and +10.0% […]

Production in the construction sector - December 2022

In December 2022, estimates for construction output rose in the month-on-month series, increasing by 0.4%. In the 4th quarter of 2022, the seasonally adjusted index […]

Foreign trade and import prices - December 2022

In December 2022 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to November 2022, decreased by -1.9% for outgoing flows and by -1.1% for incoming flows. Exports decreased by -1.2% […]

Industrial production - December 2022

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). From January 2022 the indices are calculated as annual chain-linked indices […]

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The international environment at the onset of 2023 is characterised by a generalised moderation of inflationary pressures, due to a fall in energy prices, and […]

Retail trade - December 2022

In December 2022 estimates for seasonally adjusted index of value sales decreased by 0.2% in the month on month series and volume fell by 0.7%. […]

Consumer prices (provisional data) - January 2023

According to preliminary estimates, in January 2023 the rate of change of the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was +0.2% on […]

Consumer price basket

As every year, Istat reviews the list of items included in the consumer price index basket and updates as well the survey techniques and the […]

The structure of labour costs in Italy

Average hourly labour costs: in Italy lower than in the Euro area. For the greatest economic units (with 1.000 or more employees) average hourly labour […]