Methods and Sources: Special Topics

Statistics

This section contains some in-depth studies about the techniques, indicators and other methodological aspects used in producing the statistics published in the Statistics series.

It represents the natural extension of the now discontinued series "Supplements to the Statistical Bulletin, Methodological Notes", whose latest publications are again presented here.

Latest reports

  1. 28 August 2026
    An analysis of international tourism flows related to the 2025 Jubilee
    PDF 1 MB

    (only in Italian)

    by Claudio Doria

  2. 28 August 2026
    An analysis of international tourism flows related to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games
    PDF 1 MB

    (only in Italian)

    by Veronica Amato

  3. 27 August 2026
    Payment instruments used by customers (only in Italian)
    PDF 2 MB
  4. 28 January 2026
    Mobile phone data and the "Travel" item in the Balance of Payments: the Bank of Italy's experience
    PDF 3 MB

    by Andrea Carboni, Claudio Doria and Valeria Valletta

  5. 7 March 2023
    Banks' balance sheets. Handbook on the data published by the Bank of Italy
    PDF 3 MB

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