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Premier Matteo Renzi on Tuesday
hailed economic data that showed Italy returned to positive
growth in 2015 after years of recession.
"The numbers say that Italy is back," Renzi said on his
Facebook page. "We won't leave it in the hands of catastrophists
who like it when things go bad".
He added his post was damaging for "ill wishers".
"Taxes are coming down with the government, the number of
people in work is going up and the chatter of the ill wishe5rs
is worth nothing".
Renzi also trumpeted the effects of his government's Jobs
Act labour reform.
"The Jobs Act boom is impressive," he said, citing figures
from statistics agency Istat and pensions and social-security
agency INPS.
"In our government's two years (in office) we have hit the
target of creating almost half a million more steady jobs. INPS
recalls that permanent, open-ended contracts increased by around
764,000 in 2015".
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