Standard & Poor's and Confindustria
raised their 2017 growth forecasts for Italy by, respectively,
0.3% and 0.5% on Wednesday.
S&P's forecasts went up from 0.9% to 1.2% while
Confindustria's rose from 0.8% to 1.3%.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni hailed the "encouraging" new growth
forecasts.
"They are encouraging figures, which we must transfer into
our homes, our families, among young people, among pensioners,"
he said.
Gentiloni said he was "moderately optimistic about the fact
that this gradual growth will continue", stressing that growth
Must be "encouraged and not stifled".
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