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 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

  2. 7 March 2023
    Banks' balance sheets. Handbook on the data published by the Bank of Italy
    PDF 3 MB
  3. 3 March 2023
    Bank interest rates. Handbook on the data published by the Bank of Italy
    PDF 3 MB
  4. 28 February 2023
    Credit quality. Handbook on the data published by the Bank of Italy
    PDF 3 MB
  5. 4 August 2022
    New evidence on the service lives of capital goods of Italian firms
    PDF 4 MB

    by Elena Mattevi e Lucia Modugno

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