• Istat, the downward trend has been interrupted: the economy is improving slightly
  • Istat: "zero growth" GDP for the second quarter of 2019
  • Istat, unemployment drops to its lowest level since 2012: 9.7%

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28 August 2019In August, the consumer confidence climate, which fell from 113.3 to 111.9, and businesses, which fell from 101.2 to 98.9, fell in August. Istat communicates this, explaining that the decrease in consumer confidence is generalized but the economic component and the future one record the most marked declines, going from 129.6 to 127.8 and from 117.4 to 115.4.

With regard to companies, "a framework of high uncertainty" is confirmed and, in particular, the levels of confidence in manufacturing and market services are, according to Istat, the lowest since the beginning of the year.