Italy is now officially in recession. The economy contracted by 0.5% in the firts quarter (an annual rate of 2%) as exports plummeted 4.1%. This is not simply cyclical, Italy is structurally in recession, and it is difficult to see how they can get out of it.
June 10, 2005
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