Italy industrial output rebounds more than expected

Italy’s industrial production jumped by 2.8% month-on-month in September 2025, rebounding from an upwardly revised 2.7% drop in August and beating market forecasts of a 1.5% rise.

Increases were seen in all main industrial groupings, namely energy (+5.4%), capital goods (+1.4%), intermediate goods (+1.3%), and consumer goods (+1.0%).

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 strongest year-on-year 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%).