Ciocca: poverty can only be defeated with growth

"Overcoming the recession and returning the world economy to a path of stable growth represent the condition without which it would be difficult to engage in the fight against poverty and contain inequality": this is what Pierluigi Ciocca, former Deputy General Manager…
Russia: growth is back, but sanctions are holding it back

The rebound of the Russian economy continues, also thanks to the stability of debt, deficit and currency reserves. But, without a profound reform of the productive structure that has been missing for too long, economic growth will not manifest its potential due to…
Public investment: panacea or dream book?

Minister Tria bets on the multiplier effect of public investments on GDP, but their real weight on growth remains uncertain: the doubts of Governor Visco and former Mister Spending Review Cottarelli - From the Monetary Fund to the ECB and the think…
Bag, unreasonable to go out now

FROM "THE RED AND THE BLACK" BY ALESSANDRO FUGNOLI, Kairos strategist - Many speculate the end of the cycle but "no recession is in sight" and "in the short term there is no reason not to remain reasonably invested in the stock market and not…
Chile and Colombia, growth accelerates through reforms

Atradius shows us how the estimated GDP dynamics for the two-year period 2018-19 in Chile (+3,1%) and Colombia (+2,5%) are the consequence of prudent and sound policies: the process of economic diversification continues in Chile, while in Colombia the simplification…
Padoan: Italy can grow by more than 2%

According to the Minister of Economy, Pier Carlo Padoan, the Italian economy can grow by even more than 2% by leveraging investments but the administrative bottlenecks that hold them back and the lack of valid projects must be removed
Italy, OECD revises growth upwards

In the Economic Outlook on Italy the positive notes on growth driven by private demand but also by exports and recovering investments prevail. However, the OECD warns about the risks associated with debt, confirming the need to make reforms. Beware of the impact of the election
Holland: a mine for the European Union

From AffarInternazionali.it - ​​The Dutch elections on 15 March will be a crucial test for the stability of Europe - The PVV's drive to leave the Union and stop immigrants is growing, but Prime Minister Rutte's party, which guaranteed…
Global crises: they must be managed or everyone will lose

China, Brazil, Russia cast shadows on the recovery in the West. Is it possible to avoid the negative sequence centered on exchange wars, protectionism in world trade and the regurgitation of nationalisms, as is in part already happening? Deputy Minister Calenda aims at a…
China, household savings are still growing

FOCUS BNL - China's economic growth has no equal in the world but the growth in savings of Chinese families is also impressive: in 2015 it was equal to 25% of GDP - The Chinese allocate their savings to…
CsC: because the USA is growing more than Europe

According to a report by the Confindustria Study Center, the growth differential in the last three years between the United States and Europe, which has seen the clear affirmation of the Americans, is mainly due to the US budget policies that have been…
Report Centro Einaudi - Italy, a desperate need to grow

The recipe illustrated by Mario Deaglio in the 19th Report on the global economy and Italy of the Einaudi Center is clear: internal policies to stimulate demand and - at the European level - a truly expansive monetary policy, devaluation of the euro and a serious program …
Fed, Beige Book: "moderate or modest" US growth

This is what we read in the Beige Book, the report on the American economy that the Federal Reserve publishes every six weeks and which provides a relatively better picture than the individual macroeconomic data released previously - "Unchanged or slightly improving…