Employment and unemployment (provisional estimates) - April 2024

In April 2024 the number employed people rose, while unemployed persons fell and inactive ones remained stable. On a monthly basis, the increase in employment […]

Industrial and Construction producer prices - April 2024

In April 2024, compared to the previous month, industrial producer prices decreased by 0.9%. On the domestic market, industrial producer prices decreased by 1.5%, while […]

Consumer and business confidence - May 2024

In May 2024, the consumer confidence index increased from 95.2 to 96.4 thanks to a rise in all its components. Particularly, the economic confidence climate […]

The AIECE General Report

Since 2011, Istat has been a member of the AIECE (Association of European Conjuncture Institutes). Established in 1957 on the initiative of DIW (Germany), IRES […]

Production in the construction sector - March 2024

In March 2024, the month-on-month estimates for construction output experienced a decline of 1.9%. Throughout the first quarter of 2024, the seasonally adjusted index of […]

Sales of real estate units and loans - Q3 2023

In the third quarter of 2023 the notary agreements regarding sales of real estate units and any other kind of exchange of properties and appurtenances […]

Foreign trade and import prices - March 2024

In March 2024 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to February 2024, decreased for exports (-1.7%) and increased for imports (+1.5%). Exports increased by +0.6% for EU countries […]

Consumer prices - April 2024

In April 2024 the rate of change of the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) increased by 0.1% on monthly basis and […]

Industrial production - March 2024

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 […]

Report on Italian economy

In the first part of 2024, international economic activity continued to show some resilience. Inflation decelerated more rapidly than expected, and labor market conditions remained […]