IMF Staff Country Reports

Italy: Selected Issues

February 15, 2007

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Italy: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed October 7, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper applies a range of methods to assess Italy’s competitiveness gap versus other euro area members. All indicators point to a clear erosion of competitiveness in recent years, with related market share losses. Nonetheless, the estimated competitiveness gap, while appreciable, still remains quantitatively contained. The results suggest that the unwinding of the competitiveness gap will require reforms that boost productivity growth and continued wage moderation, as well as an adjustment by export firms in Italy.

Subject: Current spending, Exchange rates, Expenditure, Exports, Financial markets, Financial sector development, Fiscal risks, Foreign exchange, Securities markets

Keywords: Bond financing, Corporate bond bond market, CR, Current account, Current spending, Europe, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Export, Financial sector development, Financing, Financing needs, Firm, Global, Government transfer, Investor protection, ISCR, Italy, Securities markets, Spending, Spending ratio

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    67

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2007/065

  • Stock No:

    1ITAEA2007002

  • ISBN:

    9781451820003

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685