The Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses (Istituto di Studi e Analisi Economica - ISAE) was set up in 1999 with Decree n. 374/98, within the reform of the Ministry of Treasury and of the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, following upon Law no. 94/1997.

ISAE carries out analyses and research projects "with the specific target of making useful analyses for the economic and social policy decisions of the Government, of Parliament and of the General Government ".

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ISAE carries out business and consumer surveys; provides quarterly and annual macroeconomic forecasts; supplies both national and international short-, medium- and long-term economic analyses as well as macro- and microeconomic studies on public finance and on measures to prompt social and territorial cohesion; examines the economic policies attained through regulation rather than through the public budget, analyses the complex dynamics of sustainable development in its environmental, economic and social aspects.

Since March 28, 2003 the President of ISAE is Alberto Majocchi.