Italia Produzione Industriale (Mensile)

Italy’s industrial production jumped by 2.8% month-on-month in September 2025, following an upwardly revised 2.7% drop in August and beating market forecasts of a 1.5% rise. This marked the strongest monthly gain since August 2022, driven by a rebound across all main industrial groups, namely energy (5.4% vs -0.7% in August), capital goods (1.4% vs -2.5%), intermediate goods (1.3% vs -1.2%), and consumer goods (1% vs -1.1%). On a yearly basis, industrial output increased by 1.5% in September, after an upwardly revised 3% decline in the previous month and defying market expectations of a 0.5% fall. The highest annual growth was recorded in the manufacture of computers and electronic products (+12.3%), food, beverages, and tobacco (+9.2%), and the production of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+3.8%).