GDP up 6.5% in 2021

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 31 - The Italian economy grew by 6.5% in 2021, ISTAT said Monday.
    The acquired GDP rise for 2022 is 2.4%, the national statistics agency said.
    The data are seasonally corrected and adjusted for more working days with respect to 2020, when the economy collapsed by 8.9% due to COVID-19.
    In the last quarter of last year GDP rose 0.6% on the previous quarter and was up 6.4% on an annual basis, above expectations and forecasts. (ANSA).