As the global crisis has shown, we must remain vigilant to possible new risks that might emerge in the financial system. We need to better understand the macroprudential dimension of risk in the investment fund sector. And we need to further enhance the sector’s resilience to systemwide shocks.
Compared with the average for 2000, in September industrial production was down in Italy by 2.8 per cent; in the euro area, it showed an increase of 2.5 per cent. In the fist half of this year Italian investment recouped the decline registered in 2003. The most substantial increase was in investment in machinery, equipment and transport equipment.