ROME, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Italy's economy sputtered into the final quarter of last year with expansion of just 0.5 percent for 2024 as a whole, data released Thursday showed.
Italy's National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) reported in its preliminary calculations for the fourth quarter of 2024 that economic growth in the last two quarters of the year was flat. Meanwhile, the full-year economy grew by just 0.5 percent, trailing behind the growth rate for the European Union (EU) as a whole.
