MILAN, May 30 ― Facing its deepest recession since World War II and with business confidence collapsing, the coronavirus pandemic is hitting Italy's economy hard. Business confidence in the eurozone's third largest economy in May plummeted to its lowest level since official statistics institute...
A cyclist passes the Trevi Fountain in Rome May 7, 2020. Business confidence in the eurozone's third largest economy in May plummeted to its lowest level since official statistics institute ISTAT started the index in March 2005. — Reuters pic
Its members are particularly concerned “by the lack of liquidity necessary to pay costs and salaries... we are close to a point of no return and that's why the measures decided by the government must be operational immediately,” said federation head Patrizia De Luise. As a result, the country is set for a drop in GDP of between nine and 13 percent, the Bank of Italy said yesterday.
“We're waiting for figures at the end of May but indications are that between 700,000 and a million jobs are in danger,” he said. Consumer confidence went from 100.1 points in May to 94.3 in March, its lowest level since December 2013. “I didn't qualify for the €600 monthly government handout because I earned more than 10,000 euros last year,” she told AFP.
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