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Alessio Chiesa ...
  • Raffaella Tenconi

WOOD Flash – Italy macro: top questions of the past week on Italy

Q: The economy is not growing, the debt burden is enormous, will Italy be able to fund itself, especially with this (M5-NL) government?
A: The potential growth of the economy, in our view, remains painfully close to zero, held back by a continuing outflow of capital, companies and labour, which undermines investment and productivity gains. Crucially, overall, Italian companies have lost pricing power in recent years, which, together with the weak domestic demand, implies a very slow pace of improvement as resources for investments are modest.
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Alessio Chiesa

Raffaella Tenconi

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