The EEC Treaty was signed on March 25th, 1957, in the Palazzo dei Conservatori. It was an economic compact intended to transform European trade and manufacturing, but also to contribute to the construction of a political Europe.
Strong production indicators in some of the sectors, marked growth in the retail trade sector, and increases in non-financial investment and lending are all evidence to this. With more orders placed with the manufacturing sector, its real output rose in July and August (8.1% and 3.1%, respectively).