Monthly business Confidence Index (BCI) 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. Eventually, new significant restrictions have been announced during the second wave of infections in autumn 2020. Currently, Italy is slowly on its way back to normality.