Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Istat, down the confidence of businesses and consumers – BBC



Milan , December 29, 2015 – 10:29

     
     
 

Cala confidence of businesses and consumers in December. That’s what Istat certifies that the composite index of confidence of Italian companies falls to 105.8 from 107.1 in November. But the National Institute of Statistics points out that although down (this is the lowest value since August) remain “high levels” of trust. The strongest declines, with regard to companies, are registered for construction and retail trade. As for consumer confidence, worse estimates both the opinions both on expectations on the current economic situation of the country (to -24 from -20 and 25 to 31, the respective balances).

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For judgments on prices during the past 12 months, the balance increased to -16 from -19. As for the price expectations over the next 12 months, the balance moved to -11 from -20. Increase the balance of unemployment expectations (2-by-8). The collection of data necessary to the survey on consumers occurs in the first 12 working days of the reference month. The climate survey of business confidence in December shows that manufacturing enterprises are stable both assessments on order books and the production expectations (-11 and 12), while judgments about stocks go from 4 to 3. In construction worsen the opinions on orders and / or construction plans (to -37 from -29), while employment expectations remain stable (at -11). In market services grow both judgments that the expectations for orders, from 5 to 10 and 10 from 9 the respective balances, but they contract the expectations on the general economy (22 to 27). In the retail trade improved expectations of future sales (to 29 from 24), but significantly poorer judgments on current sales (13 to 32); in accumulation are deemed inventories (from 3 to 7). The collection of data by Istat occurs in the first 15 working days of the reference month.

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