GDP fell 1.9% in 2013

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-f5831414a3010ddf4114a0b4795c16e81.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”GDP fell 1.9% in 2013″ src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-f5831414a3010ddf4114a0b4795c16e81.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 14 – Italian GDP fell 1.9% in 2013 after dropping 2.5% in 2012 amid Italy’s longest postwar recession, Istat said in preliminary estimates Friday. The eight-quarter recession ended with flat growth in the third quarter, followed by a 0.1% rise in the fourth quarter. The last quarterly growth was 0.2% in the second quarter of 2011. PThe Italian economy is expected to pick up this year as the global economy gets stronger and the Italian government enacts pump-priming measures./PIMG id=mediaViewer title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-trasp93.gif”ALL RIGHTS RESERVED