01638cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002170 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451819748 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Italy : Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (57 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic slowdown in Italy in 2001 has been followed by only a modest resumption of growth in the first half of 2002. As weaker external demand spilled over into domestic demand, economic growth stagnated in the last three quarters of 2001. GDP growth turned marginally positive in the first half of 2002, although final domestic demand remained weak, as did industrial production, notwithstanding a rebound in business confidence from its 2001 trough. Equity prices have fallen by more than 20 percent from end-2001 to mid-October 2002. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/230 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/230/002.2002.issue-230-en.xml IMF e-Library