ROME: The Bank of Italy has raised its growth forecast to more than 0.5 per cent in 2015 and above 1.5 per cent in 2016 due to quantitative easing by the European Central Bank.
The new forecast is a U-turn for the central bank which only last month — before the launch of QE — cut its growth forecast for this year to 0.4 per cent and saw 1.2 per cent growth next year.
Italy must improve its capital markets to help underperforming companies access funding for investment and growth, while giving investors means...
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Consumer morale in Germany, France and Italy rose unexpectedly at the start of the year, data showed...
ROME: A senior Bank of Italy official warned that a number of smaller banks, especially in the country’s disadvantaged south,...
ROME: Italy will cut its target for economic growth next year to around 0.6%, three sources close to the matter...
