(ANSA) - Rome, July 25 - Italian industrial turnover
increased by 1.5% in May with respect to April, a "significant"
rise that took the calendar-adjusted increase with respect to
the same time in 2016 up to 7.6%, ISTAT said Tuesday. The
national statistics agency said this was the biggest rise since
December. Industrial orders were up too, rising 4.3% in
month-on-month terms and 13.7% in year-on-year terms, according
to unadjusted data. It is necessary to go back to August 2016 to
find a bigger rise.
Industrial turnover up 7.6%, orders 13.7
Biggest rise for revenues since December