Tariffs, uncertainty may hit GDP by 0.2 of a point – Istat

(ANSA) – ROME, APR 17 – A continuation of the current economic uncertainty and an increase in trade tensions would have a negative impact on Italian GDP growth of two-tenths of a percentage point in 2025 and three-tenths of a point in 2026, Istat said on Thursday in a report to a parliamentary hearing on the government's DFP economic blueprint.
The agency stressed that it was difficult to make forecasts on "evolution of the main exogenous variables and also on the economic and trade policy responses of governments and central banks".
The government forecasts Italy's GDP will increase by 0.6 % this year and 0.8 % in 2026 in the DFP. (ANSA).
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