Introduction

As of August 2011, Moody's Analytics Data Buffet offers an expanded subnational Italy database, sourced from the Bank of Italy and the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). Economic sectors include bankruptcies, demographics, government, labor and wages, national accounts, prices and real estate. Coverage varies, but certain data are available as often as monthly, with geographic granularity to the municipal level.

Table 1 summarizes the new coverage. For full detail, please see related articles in Data Buffet News or attached to time series via Mnemonic 411, or catalog sections linked from the partial list of releases at the end of this article.  The various subnational geographic levels, including areas adapted for the purposes of the Moody's Analytics Global Metro Areas Forecast, are enumerated in table 2.

The subnational dataset for Italy is part of the Moody's Analytics Global Database product. Please contact your sales representative for details.

References

• Moody's Analytics: Global Metro Areas Forecast product
• Moody's Analytics: Global Database product
• Moody's Analytics: Official geographic structure for Italy
• Moody's Analytics: Metropolitan areas

Table 1 of 2. Summary of economic indicators.  Series frequencies are annual, quarterly or monthly (A, Q, M). Table 2 defines the abbreviations for geographic levels.

Table 2 of 2. Geographic levels in our subnational data for Italy.  Abbreviations, names, number of each area, and geography code structure.

Italy has a national geo code of IITA and all codes for its geographic subdivisions use IITA as a prefix.  For example, each of the 11 metro areas is identified as IITA(underscore)M(letter)(letter)(letter), and use the basket geo wild card IITA_M^^^. By combining a concept code with a geo wild card, you can retrieve all the series for a given geographic level. For example, to fetch total unemployment for all metro areas, use LWQUNTA.IITA_M^^^.

(The table uses "a" and "n" to indicate that letters and digits occur in certain positions, but when building expressions in the basket editor, the single-character wild card is "^", the caret.)