The IMF said Tuesday that it expects
Italy's GDP to grow by 5.8% this year, 0.9 of a percentage point
more than it forecast in July.
Its growth forecast for 2020 remained unchanged at 4.2%.
The IMF said Italy's public debt should drop to 154,8% of GDP in
2021 from 155.8% in 2020 and then fall to 150.4% in 2022 and
146,5% in 2026.
It estimates that the deficit-to-GDP ratio for this year will be
10.2%, up from 9.5% in 2020.
It sees Italy's unemployment rate at 10.3% this year, up from
9.3% in 2020.
It expects that to go up to 11.6% in 2022.
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