Italy Business Confidence

Italy’s manufacturing confidence index jumped to a five-month high of 102 in May of 2019 from an upwardly revised 100.8 in the previous month and easily beating market expectations of 100.4. Expectations improved regarding future production (5.9 from 3.6 in April) and order books (-11.3 from -11.7) while the assessments on inventories decreased to 3.6 from 4.3 in the prior month. Italy's composite business morale index, combining surveys of the manufacturing, retail, construction and services sectors, increased to 100.2 in May from an upwardly revised 98.8, its highest level since November of 2018. Business Confidence in Italy averaged 102.29 Index Points from 1991 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 121.52 Index Points in February of 1995 and a record low of 71.60 Index Points in March of 2009.

Business Confidence in Italy is expected to be 100.10 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Business Confidence in Italy to stand at 102.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Italy Business Confidence is projected to trend around 104.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-02-27	09:00 AM	Business Confidence	101.7	102.0	101.4	101.5
2019-03-27	09:00 AM	Business Confidence	100.8	101.6	101.3	100
2019-04-19	08:00 AM	Business Confidence	100.6	100.8	100.7	101.2
2019-05-29	08:00 AM	Business Confidence	102.0	100.8	100.4	100.4
2019-06-27	08:00 AM	Business Confidence		102.0	101.0	101.1
2019-07-26	08:00 AM	Business Confidence
2019-08-28	08:00 AM	Business Confidence

Italy Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	102.00	100.80	121.52	71.60	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	49.70	49.10	59.00	47.40		[+]
Services PMI	50.00	50.40	57.70	42.30	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-1.50	-1.60	17.50	-26.00	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.70	-1.00	13.50	-14.80	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-1.30	1.30	19.40	-26.90	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	76.80	78.70	81.00	64.90	percent	[+]
New Orders	102.00	118.60	140.30	4.16	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	-2.40	2.10	14.30	-12.30	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-4480.00	-1660.10	5357.70	-4872.80	EUR Million	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-43.10	-24.30	80.40	-61.60		[+]
Car Registrations	197307.00	174412.00	310337.00	53296.00		[+]
Internet Speed	9210.65	8669.14	9210.65	2453.86	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	13315518.00	13117319.00	18750460.00	5491532.00	IP	[+]
Mining Production	5.70	-1.50	47.20	-26.10	percent	[+]
Steel Production	1950.00	2277.00	3033.00	750.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	70.77	70.46	70.77	4.30	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	31.00	31.00	49.00	31.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	49.90	49.50	59.00	48.80		[+]
Bankruptcies	2823.00	3029.00	4543.00	955.00	Companies	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	51.00	46.00	87.00	44.00		[+]
Electricity Production	22439.00	23645.00	29587.00	21113.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	52.00	50.00	55.00	29.90	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	53.00	54.00	72.00	29.00		[+]

In Italy, the Manufacturing Confidence Index covers 4,000 Italian companies. The questionnaire focuses on the current trend of order books, production and inventories, short-term forecasts on order books, production, prices and the general economic situation. The business confidence index is adjusted for seasonal effects and fixed to a base year of 2005. The value 100 indicates no evolution in business sentiment, a value over 100 shows increasing confidence and a value under 100 indicates low expectations. This page provides the latest reported value for - Italy Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Italy Business Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	102.00	100.80	121.52	71.60	1991 - 2019	Index Points	Monthly

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Australia	7.00	May/19	0	21 : -30	Index Points
Brazil	56.90	Jun/19	56.5	68.5 : 35	Index Points
Canada	55.90	May/19	55.9	75 : 36.1	Index Points
China	49.40	May/19	50.1	59.2 : 38.8	Index Points
Euro Area	0.30	May/19	0.42	1.62 : -3.3	Index Points
France	102.00	Jun/19	104	124 : 66	Index Points
Germany	97.40	Jun/19	97.9	110 : 79.9	Index Points
India	113.50	Jun/19	116	128 : 96.4	Index Points
Indonesia	102.10	Mar/19	105	122 : 95.12	Index Points
Italy	102.00	May/19	101	122 : 71.6	Index Points
Japan	12.00	Mar/19	19	53 : -58	Index Points
Mexico	52.40	May/19	52.4	58.6 : 34	Index Points
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Russia	-1.00	May/19	-2	7 : -20	Index Points
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South Korea	76.00	May/19	75	119 : 35	Index Points
Spain	-3.30	May/19	-3.7	8.5 : -39	Index Points
Switzerland	94.40	May/19	96.2	119 : 71.8	Index Points
Turkey	102.50	Jun/19	98.9	123 : 52.6	Index Points
United Kingdom	-13.00	Jun/19	-23	55 : -75	Index Points
United States	52.10	May/19	52.8	77.5 : 29.4	Index Points