Italy can hit 0.9% growth this year - Cottarelli

(ANSA) - Lima, October 6 - The IMF has been "prudent" in estimating Italian growth of 0.8% this year and it could well reach the 0.9% forecast in the government's economic and financial blueprint, the DEF, IMF executive director for Italy, Carlo Cottarelli, said Tuesday. Also next year Italian growth may well be above the IMF's prudent estimate of 1.3% and the government's forecast of 1.6% is realistic, Cottarelli said.