IMF’s chief economist urges Italy to toughen budget plans -media
ROME (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund wants Italy to make its 2024 budget framework more stringent, as tax cut plans made the Fund “a bit worried”, its chief economist,…
ROME (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund wants Italy to make its 2024 budget framework more stringent, as tax cut plans made the Fund “a bit worried”, its chief economist,…
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s economy minister said on Tuesday strict control of public spending was essential as the European Union prepares to restore tough fiscal rules next…
STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia (Reuters) – Italy is paying the price for raising its deficit targets via higher borrowing costs, European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot said on Friday, telling governments…
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italian authorities have impounded a vessel operated by a Spanish charity, the group said on Thursday, after it carried out multiple rescues of migrants…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za ROME (Reuters) – Italy risks collecting minimal proceeds from a windfall tax on banks after it gave lenders the option to set aside money…
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian services sector contracted marginally for a second month running in September, a survey showed on Wednesday, signalling ongoing weakness in the euro zone’s third largest…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s inflation rate could fall to 3.4% by the end of this year, far below the current level over 5%, thanks to measures to rein in prices…
ROME, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Italy’s unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in August to 7.3%, the lowest since January 2009, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Monday, as a net 59,000…
MILAN (Reuters) – Glencore Plc may look at alternative options for a recycling hub in Europe for electric car batteries after the Italian region of Sardinia rejected a fast-track approval…
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy aims to raise at least 1% of gross domestic product (GDP), or roughly 21 billion euros ($22.2 billion), through asset sales between 2024…
By Sara Rossi and Valentina Consiglio MILAN/ROME (Reuters) -Italy on Friday increased its estimate for debt issuance this year due to its worsening state finances and delays in transfers from…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy on Thursday signed off a deal with distributors’ associations to try to control the prices of essential goods in the last quarter of this year, though…
ROME (Reuters) – Two Italian parliamentary committees have approved a government amendment that revisits a contested windfall tax on banks by giving lenders the option to boost their reserve buffers…
By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) – Giorgio Napolitano, who died on Friday aged 98, was one of modern Italy’s most important presidents as he steered the country away from the…
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy sees its 2023 budget deficit overshooting at around 5.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 4.5% target, sources told Reuters, pushed…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has decided to keep taking in migrants and refugees arriving in Italy, the interior minister said late on Friday, two days after it announced the suspension…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government has suspended an agreement with Italy to voluntarily take in refugees because Rome is not honouring its obligations under the European Union’s Dublin rules,…
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – The European Commission on Monday cut its forecasts for the Italian economy this year and next, following a slew of weak data which limits…
CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) – The chairman of Intesa Sanpaolo sees no cause for alarm over the impact of the windfall tax on Italian banks and said it would probably cost…
By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) – Piero Cipollone, Italy’s choice for the European Central Bank’s executive board, has a reputation for discreetly helping Rome’s eurosceptic government rub along with EU…
ROME (Reuters) – The European Union is unlikely to agree on new fiscal rules by the end of this year as planned, Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Monday.…
In a tragic incident off the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy, Adrienne Vaughan, the head of the U.S. division of Bloomsbury, a renowned British publishing group known for the Harry…
By Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy is preparing measures to support strategic industrial sectors including microelectronics and promote foreign investment programmes worth at least 1 billion…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italy plans to set up a fund with at least 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) at its disposal to bolster strategically…
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey is facing a peculiar event today as Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who was serving as acting Governor for Phil Murphy is currently receiving medical attention…