Economy

Economy In Italy they are divided by the north and by the south. In the north they are known as the industrial north with the south dominating them. In the south they have private companies and a 20% unemployment. Italy has moved slowly with needing the burden of the high tax dept and the labor unions.

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 * Labor force || 24.15 million (2004 est.) ||

expenditures: $703.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.) ||
 * Budget || revenues: $668 billion


 * public dept || 106.4% of GDP (2004 est.) ||