01713cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004768 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451819991 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Italy : 2006 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Italy. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007. 1 online resource (53 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 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that Italy's economy is enjoying a broad-based, if comparatively modest, cyclical upswing. Output is estimated to have grown by 1 3/4 percent in 2006-the strongest pace since the beginning of the decade. Inflation is close to that of the euro area, financial conditions are favorable, unemployment is falling, and the current account deficit is moderate. Some progress has been made on broad-based structural reform. Recent initiatives in labor contracting envision a partial rollback of earlier liberalizing reforms. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2007/064 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2007/064/002.2007.issue-064-en.xml IMF e-Library