Italy's GDP rises by 0.8% year-on-year in the third quarter

Italy's gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2018 increased by 0.8% in year-on-year terms and did not change from the second quarter, according to provisional data published today by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat).
The Istat explained that there is a stagnation of the economy, after the expansionary trend of the last three years and after a gradual phase of braking in recent quarters.
The Institute states that in this way the GDP growth would stand at 1% in 2018.