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An Italian populist government is likely to water down plans for greater spending and any anti-euro rhetoric, a flip for investors in the nation’s assets, market analysts say. 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A survey by SWG this week showed Salvini’s League in a statistical tie with its coalition partner and populist rival Five Star at almost 30 percent support.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euroskeptic Savona May Head Italy's Market Watchdog: Reports]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-02/euroskeptic-savona-may-head-italy-s-market-watchdog-repubblica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-02/euroskeptic-savona-may-head-italy-s-market-watchdog-repubblica</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Costelloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJlxs.Qyz_Ug/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJlxs.Qyz_Ug/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Paolo Savona, Italy&apos;s European affairs minister, listens to a question from members of the media during a launch party for his book, entitled &quot;Like A Nightmare And Like A Dream,&quot; in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Savona, 82, whose appointment as finance minister was vetoed by President Sergio Mattarella, told reporters at a presentation of his autobiography in Rome that &quot;we have to stop spending our time pointing a finger to say who is pro-European and who isn&apos;t.&quot;</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Caps Tumultuous Year With First Recession Since 2013]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/italy-falls-into-recession-as-output-shrank-more-than-forecast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/italy-falls-into-recession-as-output-shrank-more-than-forecast</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Totaro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:00:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iawEo7SqZGfc/v242/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iawEo7SqZGfc/v242/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Manufacturing Confidence Falls for 4th Straight Month]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/italy-manufacturing-morale-fell-for-4th-month-lowest-since-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/italy-manufacturing-morale-fell-for-4th-month-lowest-since-2016</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Costelloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:03:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Premier Conte Says Government Is ‘Wobbling,’ Stampa Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/italy-premier-conte-says-government-is-wobbling-stampa-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/italy-premier-conte-says-government-is-wobbling-stampa-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Costelloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:33:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZ42rVpV52yk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZ42rVpV52yk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Giuseppe Conte, Italy&apos;s prime minister, pauses during his end of year news conference in Rome, Italy. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance of No-Deal Brexit Gets Bigger Daily, OECD's Angel Gurria Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-22/chance-of-no-deal-brexit-gets-bigger-daily-oecd-s-gurria-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-22/chance-of-no-deal-brexit-gets-bigger-daily-oecd-s-gurria-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Costelloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:01:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icDG_xhrv.Rg/v244/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icDG_xhrv.Rg/v244/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Finance Minister Sees Economy in Stagnation, Not Recession]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-13/italy-finance-minister-sees-economy-in-stagnation-not-recession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-13/italy-finance-minister-sees-economy-in-stagnation-not-recession</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniele Lepido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGgYvxgHzNvI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGgYvxgHzNvI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians carry shopping bags near market stalls in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Italian government bonds, stocks and debt from Europe&apos;s other peripheral nations may rally on Monday after a ratings decision by Moody’s Investors Service removed the immediate threat of a downgrade to junk.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Industry Output Drops, Joining German and French Trend]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-11/italy-industry-output-drops-joining-german-and-french-trend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-11/italy-industry-output-drops-joining-german-and-french-trend</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Costelloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/io.PyNYv5DoM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/io.PyNYv5DoM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Production and maintenance operators analyse printing machine performance inside an Amcor Ltd. packaging plant in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Australia&apos;s Amcor agreed to acquire U.S. competitor Bemis Co. in an all-stock deal to expand sales of plastic packaging in the Americas. Photographer: Alberto Bernasconi/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>