Standard and Poor's marginally revised upwards its estimates of Italian GDP for 2015 to +1,1% from the +1% indicated last April. For 2016, estimates point to +1,2%, based on data contained in a report on the real estate market in the Eurozone. For this year, the forecast of a 0,5% increase in GDP remains.
Unemployment is reported at 12,8% this year, followed by 12,5% in 2015 and 12% in 2016, while inflation is expected to fall from 1,3% in 2013 to 0,7% this year to climb back slightly to 0,8% in the next two.
