Italy economy minister says 2014 growth could be above 0.8 percent - paper

Italy's Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan smiles during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome March 12, 2014. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said in interview published on Sunday he believed that growth in 2014 could be more than 0.8 percent but that he could not say by how much.

In the interview in the Corriere della Sera, Padoan was asked if growth could come in more than the 0.8 percent forecast earlier this month in the government's so-called Economic and Financial Document (DEF) containing new targets for coming years.