Confidence climate in the manufacturing sector in Italy 2020-2021
Italy's economy has been seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of the rising number of cases, on March 9, the Italian government announced that the country is in lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. On May 4, Italy started easing its coronavirus lockdown. However, a second wave of infections hit the country after summer 2020, inevitably leading to the introduction of new measures.