# Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the economic impact of political unrest in Italy

1 Faculty News August 26, 2013 ![AFP logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_033413.jpg?itok=zZaeBEKo)>

Excerpt from [AFP](http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jA6TGG1MvMiscnHNp6QJhnHLX8bg?docId=CNG.1262ef9e2d431445eb41ce8ea844a5c6.1b1) -- "'Our most probable scenario is elections in early 2014 but we do not exclude even sooner than that. The markets are reasoning in a similar way,' [Roubini](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nouriel-roubini) said in an interview with La Repubblica daily."

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Additional coverage appeared on [La Repubblica](http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2013/08/26/news/nouriel_roubini_con_la_crisi_spread_presto_a_quota_300_gi_da_oggi_i_mercati_possono_punire_l_italia-65318923/?ref=search%20) and [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-26/european-stock-index-futures-rise-kpn-ryanair-may-move.html).