Cgia: investments plummeted by nearly 110 billion in eight years – Rai News

No other economic indicator has recorded such an important percentage contraction

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20 August 2016 Between 2007 and 2015 investments in Italy have fallen by well 109 700 000 000 euro, in percentage terms, to a decline of 29.8 points. No other economic indicator has recorded such an important percentage contraction. In real terms, it tells the Research Office of the CGIA Mestre, last year the stock invested amounted to 258.8 billion euro.

Vehicles and buildings, the sectors most affected
The sectors that have suffered the most severe decline were the means of transport, a decrease of 49.3% (-12 , 4 billion), non-residential buildings, a decrease of 43.5 (-44 bn).

Telecommunications and research have not suffered the crisis Only
telecommunications (+ 10.2%) and activities related to research and development (+ 11.7%) They were not affected by the crisis. In the last year, however, the trend reversed: in 2014 the total amount of the investments had been 256.7 billion.

Also Reduction in computer / hardware industry
far as other sectors that posted a decline, those computers / hardware and housing have recorded a negative change 28.6% (the first 1.8 billion, the second -28.7). Even heavy falls suffered by the plant sector and the machinery (which does not include transportation, computers / hardware and telecommunications), which recorded a decrease of 27.5% (-23.9 bn).

more cuts in the institutional sector
Businesses are the institutional sector to a greater extent to the other has “cut” more. Also during the period between 2007 and 2015, the contraction in real terms of the investments was 31.5%. Followed by public administrations (-28.2), families (-27.5) and finance companies (-3.5). The Office of studies CGIA remember that, instead of 100 the total nominal investment in Italy in 2015, approximately 60% was attributable to businesses and another about 25% to households.

last year investments equal to those of 1995
For Cgia, the total amount of real gross fixed capital formation recorded last year (258.8 billion euro) is almost the same as the 1995 (264.3 billion). Looking ahead, however, things seem to improve. As reported in the Def 2016, this year should be recorded growth of 2.2%, in 2017 by 2.5 in 2018 and 2.8 in 2019 2.5.

Signs of recovery
Despite many difficulties remain, detects Cgia, the country’s system shows some signs of recovery. Although the changes are still very low at the beginning of this year a large part of the indicators are preceded by a positive sign. Compared to the same period last year, in the first six months of 2016 employment marks a + 1.3% and in the first four months of this year retail trade recorded a +0.3. Industrial production rose of ’1.5. The figures for the first quarter, however, indicate that the turnover of services increased by 1.5, 1.8 investment, household consumption by 1.5 and motorway traffic of heavy vehicles of 4, 9. well the trend of hours of layoffs (CIGS Cigo + + Cig notwithstanding) that in the first six months of the year fell by 6.5%. In contrast,
other hand, the industry revenues (-0.8% in the first 5 months of the year), orders (also -2.5 in the first 5 months of 2016) and exports (- 0.4 in the first quarter).