Italy’s slow growth in the 1990s: facts, explanations and prospects

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Series Details No.5, 1999
Publication Date 2000
ISBN 92-828-8184-9
EC CM-25-99-625-EN-C
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This report investigates the sources of the dismal growth performance of Italy in the 1990s. Over the last decade, Italy experienced a marked economic slowdown, with real GDP growing by an annual average of only 1.2% , down from 2.2% in the 1980s and significantly lower than the average annual rate of 1.8% in the euro area. Moreover, the gap between Italy and the other EU countries has widened in the last few years.

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