Italy economy minister sees steep GDP contraction in H1 <!-- no image --> <div>Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualteri said on Tuesday the country's economy would shrink sharply in the first half of this year due to the coronavirus crisis.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=1Aia8-T7-9o:hgWYIgicaMQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=1Aia8-T7-9o:hgWYIgicaMQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=1Aia8-T7-9o:hgWYIgicaMQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=1Aia8-T7-9o:hgWYIgicaMQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=1Aia8-T7-9o:hgWYIgicaMQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/1Aia8-T7-9o" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters