Giorgetti says Italy GDP 1.2%-1.4% forecasts 'hopeful'

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 26 - Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said after the IMF forecast Italian growth of 1.1% in both 2023 and 2024 that the government's own forecasts of 1.2% this year and 1.4% next were prudent and hopeful.
    "I think that a GDP at 1.2-1.4 per cent is a wish. I look at Germany's economy and deduce that it will create some problems for our industry but there are services that should compensate.
    The government has always been cautious about estimates. This has fuelled a climate of confidence around this government," said Giorgetti during a meeting at the Trento Festival of Economics. (ANSA).