It is a half-resilience that has characterized Italy's territorial economic systems in 2023 and appears to be compelled to continue with the same "timidity" even in the first months of this year. Much will certainly depend on the European Central Bank's interest rate decisions, which, according to the president, Christine Lagarde, have reached their high. So, while the number of employed people is increasing by more than half a million and there are nearly 511 thousand fewer people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, there are plenty of "negative reactions," including a contraction in loans disbursed to the business system and households of just over 54 billion euros in total, as well as a loss of approximately 6.4 billion euros in collections for local governments. Finally, five regional realities stand out as particularly resilient: Campania, Tuscany, Puglia, Veneto, and Sicily. This is the conclusion of IRER, Demoskopika's regional economic resilience index, which compared 2023 to 2022 to assess the ability of regional economic systems to endure the shocks of pandemic and war events, as well as the rate of recovery. The following characteristics were used to create the index: business loans, entrepreneurial birth rate, household loans, full-time and part-time employment, people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, and, finally, local tax and non-tax revenues.
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