Italy's consumer confidence improved in June

According to the report from National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), in June 2021, the consumer confidence index got on from 110.6 to 115.1. All its components bettered, but particularly optimistic signals emerged from the economic climate and from the current one. Looking at the data, the economic climate surged from 116.2 to 126.9, the current one progressed from 102.6 to 108.1, the personal one grew from 108.7 to 111.1 and, finally, the future one rose from 122.5 to 125.5.

With reference to the business confidence climate, the index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator) made progress from 107.3 to 112.8.

The confidence index in manufacturing increased from 110.9 to 114.8. The confidence index in construction slipped from 153.9 to 153.6. The market services confidence index got on from 99.1 to 106.7. The retail trade confidence index developed significantly passing from 99.9 to 106.7. The confidence improvement was common to both kinds of distribution: the index improved from 103.0 to 108.6 in the large scale distribution and from 92.7 to 101.5 in the small and medium scale one.