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IMF raises Italy’s 2026 growth forecast to 0.8%
The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for Italy’s economic growth in 2026 to 0.8%.
Its previous forecast, issued in July, was 0.5%.
The updated estimate was included in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, presented in Bangkok.
Italy’s economy grew by 0.5% in 2025, and the IMF now expects growth of 0.6% in 2027.
The IMF also expects inflation to rise to 3.3% in 2026 from 1.6% in 2025, before easing to 2.8% in 2027.
It forecasts unemployment will fall to 5.6% in 2026, then rise to 5.8% in 2027.
The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for Italy’s economic growth in 2026 to 0.8% from 0.5%.
The revised projection appears in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, presented in Bangkok.
The IMF also raised its 2027 growth forecast to 0.6% from 0.5%.
Italy’s economy grew by 0.5% in 2025, according to the report.
Inflation in Italy is forecast to rise to 3.3% in 2026 from 1.6% in 2025.
- Who
- The International Monetary Fund.
- What
- It raised its forecast for Italy’s 2026 economic growth to 0.8%.
- When
- The forecast was reported on 13 October 2026.
- Where
- The World Economic Outlook was presented in Bangkok.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The IMF’s forecast for Italy’s 2026 growth was 0.5%.
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook reported a revised 2026 growth forecast of 0.8%.
- 2026 growth forecast
- 0.8%, up from 0.5%
- 2027 growth forecast
- 0.6%, up from 0.5%
- 2025 GDP growth
- 0.5%
- 2026 inflation forecast
- 3.3%, compared with 1.6% in 2025
- 2026 unemployment forecast
- 5.6%, compared with 6.1% in 2025
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