Our thinking

In an already fragile context such as Italy, which shows the lowest female activity rate in the EU, the asymmetric nature of this crisis risks further weakening the unsatisfactory participation of women in the labour market

The unprecedented WTI plunge is a symptom of a drop in demand so intense that it exhausted the available storage space in USA, casting more than a shadow on a recovery in the second half of 2020, and opening up many questions for the future

SMEs are not only responsible for 82 % of employment in Italy, but also account for 92 % of enterprises on the Italian soil

Istat certifies that the population in Italy continued to decline through last year. Discover the territorial demographic analysis on Prometeia MIO

Italian export specializations analyses highlight the growing number of foreign markets reaching higher levels of specialization

The share of sporting goods on Italian total export is 0,9%, a greater percentage than that recorded by the other main European countries

Italian exports keep growing: find out on MIO which markets and which products are involved!

Companies linked to online commerce, sales, delivery, and packaging will show the fastest growth

In Italy today, there are 2100 companies active in this industry, corresponding to a production value of 7 billion euros and over 26 thousand employees

In the next two years, we expect a slowdown in global growth, in a context of growing risks

Driven by a recovery in national construction, a growth scenario is expected in the construction material sector, but at a rate that remains insufficient to return to pre-crisis activity levels

Methodological note on the ECI developed by Harvard's Center for International Development

In Italy the economic recovery is weaker in the central area that will keep growing less than the North and more in line with the South

In Italy  there are 169 people aged over 65 every 100 people aged between 0 and 14

Vending industry is renewing to intercept new consumption trends

The
sector is showing a positive evolution thanks to the development of online
sales

In the first 11 months sector turnover grew at a rate of 2.9%, supported in particular by domestic demand

In the North jobless percentage is set to come back to its pre-crisis levels only in 2024, in Central regions in 2028; for South Italy even longer times

The microsector marked a sharp contrast with the overall average, showing itself as one of the most dynamic in manufacturing

Bicycles, due to the crisis that has penalized scooters and mopeds, and to the growth of the e-bikes market, take more space in urban mobility

The top of the ranking for environmental performances is Mantua 

With 11 million passenger visits (22% of the European market), cruise tourism in Italy is a fast-growing business

An highly industrialized area committed to define new strategies for sustainable growth

Countries’ participation seems to have stopped its widening, with a smaller number of them involved in the growth processes 

In the US the rapid ascent of online sales has led the major players in the food distribution sector to rationalize the sales network

In 2016 Southern industry has ensured  a 3.4% development, well above the 1% of Central and Northern Italy

The national production has recovered the pre-crisis levels reaching 416 million square metres (+5.4% as compared to 2015)

Nowadays the call for fair trade seems to be a matter of scale

Bergamo is the heart of an industrial district across provincial boundaries that encompasses more than 90% of the national production

The data provided by Istat on January-March show a significant rise in the overall sales year on year

International trade relations and Beijing's development model are changing