The Italian National Institute of Statistics has confirmed that Italy is now in recession. In the final two quarters of 2018, the Italian economy shrank by 0.1% and then 0.2% respectively, and the Italian Prime Minister has stated that he expects the recession to continue this year. Things are getting worse…

Growth for the Eurozone as a whole sat at just 0.2% in the last quarter of 2018, half the speed of UK growth. Despite Brexit…