ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In the first quarter of 2026 Istat estimates that gross domestic product (Pil) grew by 0.2% compared to the previous quarter and by 0.7% in tendential terms. The first quarter of 2026 had a working day less than the previous quarter and the same number of working days compared to the first quarter of 2025. The economic change is the synthesis of an increase in value added in the service sector and a decrease in agriculture and industry. On the question side, there is a negative contribution of the national component (to the gross of stocks) and a positive contribution of the net foreign component. The variation acquired for 2026 is 0.5%.
“In the first quarter of 2026, the Italian economy has grown both compared to the previous quarter and compared to the same quarter of 2025 – is the commentary of the Statistical Institute -. The growth acquired for 2026 is 0.5%. The dynamics of GDP in the first quarter of the year emerged from the elaborations of the preliminary and partial information available is the result of an increase in the added value of the service sector and a decrease in that of agriculture and industry”. “On the side of the question – the Istat concludes – there is a positive contribution of the net foreign component to which a corresponding negative contribution of domestic demand (to the gross of stocks) is associated”.
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