Italian economy to contract in Q4

Italy’s new tiered COVID-19 restrictions are likely to cause GDP to fall by about 2.5% q/q in Q4, and there is a risk that government is forced into a more severe national lockdown. That said, the news today on a potential vaccine is an upside risk to our forecasts for next year.

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