Italy: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Italy

The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Italian people and their economy. GDP fell by nearly 9 percent in 2020, with much larger drops for contact-intensive services. Public and corporate debt increased strongly and preexisting vulnerabilities have likely worsened. The government is prioritizing res...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund European Dept
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2021
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 03283nmm a2200721 u 4500
001 EB002081811
003 EBX01000000000000001221901
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 220928 ||| eng
020 |a 9781513573083 
245 0 0 |a Italy: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Italy 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2021 
300 |a 83 pages 
651 4 |a Italy 
653 |a Fiscal stance 
653 |a Health 
653 |a Public debt 
653 |a Income 
653 |a Infectious & contagious diseases 
653 |a Banks 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Industries: Financial Services 
653 |a Covid-19 
653 |a Fiscal Policy 
653 |a Debts, Public 
653 |a Mortgages 
653 |a National accounts 
653 |a International organization 
653 |a International institutions 
653 |a International Economics 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Diseases: Contagious 
653 |a Communicable diseases 
653 |a Econometrics & economic statistics 
653 |a International Agreements and Observance 
653 |a Depository Institutions 
653 |a International Organizations 
653 |a Monetary economics 
653 |a Financial institutions 
653 |a International agencies 
653 |a Debt Management 
653 |a Micro Finance Institutions 
653 |a Debt 
653 |a Aggregate Factor Income Distribution 
653 |a Fiscal policy 
653 |a Health Behavior 
653 |a Sovereign Debt 
653 |a Loans 
653 |a Monetary policy 
653 |a Statistics 
653 |a Monetary Policy 
653 |a Public Finance 
653 |a Money and Monetary Policy 
710 2 |a International Monetary Fund  |b European Dept 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Staff Country Reports 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781513573083.002 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2021/101/002.2021.issue-101-en.xml?cid=50196-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Italian people and their economy. GDP fell by nearly 9 percent in 2020, with much larger drops for contact-intensive services. Public and corporate debt increased strongly and preexisting vulnerabilities have likely worsened. The government is prioritizing resolving the health emergency and transforming the economy to lift productivity, improve social outcomes and strengthen resilience to future shocks and structural change. The large National Recovery and Resilience Plan—partly financed by sizable Next Generation EU resources—will be used to increase physical and social infrastructure. Outlook. GDP is expected to recover strongly in 2021–22 and to grow well-above trend over the medium term, supported by investment spending. Nonetheless, economic scarring could be sizable. The two-sided risks relate to how the pandemic progresses, the efficiency of investment spending and the extent of savings drawdown, with large costs associated with the downside