Italy Business Confidence

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

87.8

Units In

Points

87.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 29, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
121.52 Feb 1995	71.3 Mar 2009	101.47 Points	1991-2025	National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)

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.

Latest Updates

The manufacturing confidence index in Italy rose to 87.8 in July 2025 from 87.3 in the previous month, marking its highest level since May 2024 and slightly beating market expectations of 87.7. The improvement was driven by stronger expectations for orders (3.2 vs 1.5 in June), selling prices (6.9 vs 6.2), employment (1.6 vs 1.0), and production (1.4 vs 1.1). However, sentiment remained fragile in some areas, with firms expressing more pessimistic views regarding liquidity conditions (-6.8 vs -5.9) and the general economic outlook (-17.8 vs -17.1), suggesting persistent concerns over broader financial and macroeconomic stability despite improving operational indicators.