https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday sharply lowered its growth outlook for the eurozone, as powerhouse Germany sputters while Italy looks set to miss out on growth altogether. https://www.thelocal.it/20190409/imf-slashes-italys-growth-forecast-to-just-01-percent Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:17:50 +0200 imf-slashes-italys-growth-forecast-to-just-01-percent European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker called on Tuesday for "extra efforts" from Italy's populist government to keep the increasingly stagnant economy growing, after talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. https://www.thelocal.it/20190402/juncker-warns-italy-over-its-struggling-economy Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:44:50 +0200 juncker-warns-italy-over-its-struggling-economy Italy’s economy fell into recession at the end of 2018, capping a year of political turmoil and budget battles with Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20190131/italian-economy-slips-back-into-recession Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:34:00 +0100 italian-economy-slips-back-into-recession Italy is making changes to its controversial budget to avoid EU sanctions, as gloomy economic figures spark fears of recession. https://www.thelocal.it/20181203/the-italian-government-is-amending-its-big-spending-budget Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:37:10 +0100 the-italian-government-is-amending-its-big-spending-budget The Italian property market received a boost in sales in the third quarter of 2014, the country’s revenue agency said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141121/italys-property-market-bucks-recession Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:13:00 +0100 italys-property-market-bucks-recession Bankruptcies among Italy's small and medium-sized businesses rose 14.3 percent in the second quarter this year compared to the same period in 2013 as the country slipped back into recession, according to figures released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140923/over-firms-pushed-out-of-market-in-q2 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:31:00 +0200 over-firms-pushed-out-of-market-in-q2 Chinese businesses are flourishing amid Italy’s recession, with the number of new businesses rising by 6.1 percent between 2012 and 2013, compared to a 1.6 drop in the number of new Italian-owned businesses. https://www.thelocal.it/20140813/chinese-entrepreneurs-buck-italys-recession Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:42:00 +0200 chinese-entrepreneurs-buck-italys-recession Italy's back in recession, but many experts believe that things are better than they look, and the country will soon turn a corner. Even so, serious reform is needed, economist Christian Schulz tells The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/italys-economy-could-soon-turn-the-corner Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:24:00 +0200 italys-economy-could-soon-turn-the-corner Italy stock market plunges 3.32 percent after the national statistics office said on Wednesday that the country slipped back into recession in the second quarter. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/italy-stock-market-plunges-332-on-weak-gdp-data Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:54:00 +0200 italy-stock-market-plunges-332-on-weak-gdp-data Italy's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter, dragging the eurozone's third-biggest economy back into recession, the national statistics agency said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/italy-slips-back-into-recession Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:15:00 +0200 italy-slips-back-into-recession Italy's energetic premier Matteo Renzi has staked his reputation at home and abroad on an ambitious reform agenda, but he may have underestimated how difficult it would be to win over unruly opposition parties reports AFP. https://www.thelocal.it/20140726/italys-renzi-runs-into-trouble-on-key-reform Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:41:00 +0200 italys-renzi-runs-into-trouble-on-key-reform The number of businesses in Italy fell by 12,000 in the first three months of 2014, according to a report released on Thursday by the business confederation, Confcommercio. https://www.thelocal.it/20140605/italy-lost-12000-businesses-in-three-months Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:06:00 +0200 italy-lost-12000-businesses-in-three-months Italy's public deficit inched down to 2.8 percent of gross domestic product in 2013 - 0.1 of a point lower than in 2012 and staying below the EU threshold of 3.0 percent, official data showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140407/relief-as-italy-keeps-eu-budget-promise-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:24:00 +0200 relief-as-italy-keeps-eu-budget-promise-2 Italy will cap salaries at some of the country's biggest public companies, the new government of 39-year-old Matteo Renzi has announced, though some major groups will be exempt. https://www.thelocal.it/20140329/italy-to-cap-top-salaries-at-public-companies Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:04:00 +0100 italy-to-cap-top-salaries-at-public-companies Italy's borrowing costs fell on Friday in a bond auction that raised €6.75 billion in the latest sign of improved investor confidence as the economy gradually emerges from a painful recession. https://www.thelocal.it/20140328/italys-economy-showing-signs-of-re-awakening Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:41:00 +0100 italys-economy-showing-signs-of-re-awakening Figures released from Italy's economy ministry on Wednesday revealed that 350,000 Italians lost their jobs during the country's double-dip recession, while more people became self-employed. https://www.thelocal.it/20140326/italys-recession-claimed-350000-jobs Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:42:00 +0100 italys-recession-claimed-350000-jobs Italy returned to growth in the fourth quarter last year after its longest post-war recession, official data from the Istat agency showed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140311/italy-returns-to-growth-after-two-year-recession Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:17:00 +0100 italy-returns-to-growth-after-two-year-recession Italy's economy shrank by 1.9 percent in 2013, hitting a new record of 132.6 percent of GDP but staying within the European Union's limit in mixed news for the country's new government, official figures showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140303/italys-public-debt-hits-record-1326-percent Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:17:30 +0100 italys-public-debt-hits-record-1326-percent Italy's economy began a recovery in the fourth quarter of 2013 with 0.1-percent growth - the first positive result following a two-year recession, official data from the Istat agency showed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140214/new-stats-show-italys-economic-recovery-gets-underway Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:24:00 +0100 new-stats-show-italys-economic-recovery-gets-underway A 0.9-percent slump in Italy's industrial production in December, following three months of consecutive increases, disappointed investors on Monday and cast a shadow over hopes for a recovery this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20140210/recovery-hopes-dwindle-as-italian-industry-lags Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:33:35 +0100 recovery-hopes-dwindle-as-italian-industry-lags