Eurozone growth slumps to lowest level in more than four years

Zero growth in Italy under populist government helped drag rate down to 0.2%

Economic growth in the eurozone has slumped to levels last seen more than four years ago, after stagnation in Italy helped slow the rate of expansion to 0.2% in the latest quarter.

Figures from the EU statistics agency Eurostat showed a marked and unexpected slowdown in the third quarter of 2018, in the latest evidence of an easing of economic activity around the world since the start of the year.