Istat: consumer and business confidence drops in September

In September, both the consumer confidence climate and the composite indicator of the business confidence climate decreased, the former from 94.5 to 91.2 and the latter from 97.0 to 95.9. This was reported by Istat.

The business climate of confidence decreases after three consecutive months of growth, while as far as consumers are concerned, the economic climate of confidence and related balances is partly affected by some changes in the organization of the survey network. Net of these changes, "the economic climate records a slightly more marked decrease", comments Istat