Italy, once again

Summary

The Italian economy has returned to the spotlight in recent weeks due to the risks that its fiscal policy may entail, and as a result of the noise generated by the proposals of something that may resemble a parallel currency.

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• Key points:
• The tensions that existed between the Italian Government and Brussels in December are emerging once again.
• At that time, the discussion focused on the public deficit target for 2019, and ended with a judiciousan agreement with a figure of 2% of the GDP (2.04% to cover as much as possible.

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