意大利的低增长是诸多因素的反映，包括劳动力市场僵化、经济的科学技术基础的公共部门投资不足、某些部门竞争力受限，以及加入欧元区以来的长期结构性调整。
Italy’s low growth rates reflect several factors, including labor-market rigidities, public-sector under-investment in the science and technology base of the economy, limitations on competition in certain sectors, and an extended period of structural adjustment to the eurozone environment.