Europe Economics Focus Should Italy leave EMU? The fact that Italy’s economic under-performance is linked to the weakness of its external sector prompts the question of whether Italy should leave EMU to allow its currency to depreciate and regain... 20th September 2005 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Focus Why is Italy doing so badly? Italy’s second recession in two years is largely due to the loss of competitiveness in manufacturing, reflecting low productivity growth rather than rapid growth in wage costs. This has been... 30th June 2005 · 1 min read
