The international outlook, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its related containment measures, remains exceptionally negative.<\/p>\n
In the first quarter, in Italy the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of GDP, in line with its main European partners, decreased by 4.7% with respect to the previous quarter. The carry-over for 2020 is -4.9%.<\/p>\n
The lockdown in Italy and in its main trading partners affected negatively Italian trade with the exception of sanitary products imports.<\/p>\n
Retail trade of non-food items dropped, while the e-commerce increased sharply.<\/p>\n
According to preliminary estimates, in April the increase of Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was 0.1% on monthly basis and zero with respect to April 2019. The inflationary gap in favour of Italy with euro area inflation reduced.<\/p>\n
In April, the social mood index on Italian economy showed that the negative trend started in February is proceeding. Marginal signs of improvement emerged at the end of the month.<\/p>\n
The April monthly report includes a focus on the economic impact of the lockdown on Italian foreign trade, providing an analysis on the preliminary impact of the World demand fall on Italian manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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