Italy's economy stagnates in Q3, but inflation slows sharply
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gestures on the day of the informal meeting of European heads of state or government takes place in Granada, Spain October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File PhotoROME - Italy's economy stagnated in the third quarter from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, a weaker reading than expected following a 0.4% contraction in the second quarter.
The flash data showed that in the April to September period Italy avoided by a whisker a so-called technical recession, defined by economists as two consecutive quarters of falling GDP. Core inflation, excluding the volatile fresh food and energy sectors, was running far higher at 4.5% in October but still eased compared with 4.9% the month before.
It gave no numerical breakdown of components with its preliminary estimate, but said industry had expanded, services had stagnated and agriculture declined.
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