IMF cuts 2025 growth forecast for Italy to 0.7%

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 16 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday that it expects Italy's GDP to rise by 0.7% next year, 0.4 of a percentage point less than the forecast it made in January.
    Italy's predicted growth for 2025 is the lowest of the G7 States, with the IMF seeing growth rates of 1.3% for Germany, 1.4% for France, 1.0% for Japan, 1.5% for the UK, 2.3% for Canada and 1.9% for the United States.
    The government's DEF economic blueprint sees the Italian economy growing by 1.2% next year.
    The IMF confirmed its forecast of 0.7% growth for Italy in 2024.
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