login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9369
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy

Competitiveness of Italian economy prompts Mr Padoa-Schioppa to remain cautious

Brussels, 19/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The growth forecasts are satisfactory, but the Italian finance minister prefers to remain cautious. “The economic recovery is still largely based on domestic demand. Net exports are growing and participating in the recovery, but are not growing fast enough to stop a trend of declining market share in exports”, said Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa in an interview with the Financial Times of 19 February. “The economy can sustain a growth rate of well above...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT