Politics has returned to ignoring the debt problem, but the EU Commission and the IMF warn that the situation will worsen further in the coming years - According to the economist Giampaolo Galli, the idea of ​​solving everything with the deficit is illusory- Bankitalia…
VAT and deficit: Borghi skids on numbers

In an interview with La Stampa, the Lega economist says he wants to defuse the safeguard clauses by letting the deficit run, but his calculations do not agree with those of the Parliamentary Budget Office
Tria: growth is not based on public deficit

According to the Economy Minister, any increase in current expenditure in nominal terms must be stopped at current levels in order to have more resources to allocate to public investments, flat tax and basic income. The new flexibility to be negotiated with Europe, at…
Southern Europe: EU accounts to be reviewed

The economy ministers of Italy, Spain, France and Portugal formally ask Brussels to take into account the "economic conditions deriving from a prolonged period of low inflation, low growth, high unemployment". The four countries concerned are, not surprisingly, those…
GDP Italy: the lowest growth in Europe

This is confirmed by the new forecasts published today by the European Commission: Italian GDP will grow by 0,9% this year and by 1,1% in 2018 - Debt estimates worsen - The EU welcomes the commitment of the government of correct the trajectory of the accounts…
Confindustria raises GDP estimates

For 2016, Confindustria expects a 0,9% increase in GDP, up on the +0,7% previously estimated. In 2017, however, growth in Italy rose to +0,8% from the previous +0,5% - Down in unemployment which will settle at 11,4% in…

After years of austerity and rigidity, EU policy has officially embarked on the path of flexibility, giving the two countries more time to meet deficit targets - Spain will have two years, Portugal will have to return…
Germany, Weidmann sticks Italy

The president of the German central bank, on a visit to Rome, reproaches our country for the excessive public debt and once again asks for a ceiling on the amount of government bonds in the portfolios of the banks.
Friedman's Helicopter and the Free Meal Illusion

In an economic phase in which demand is depressed and inflation is no longer frightening, we are once again discussing Milton Friedman's so-called Helicopter Money in which the central bank gives banknotes to the population but the idea that…
Economic growth is not achieved with a deficit

A higher public deficit boosts economic activity in the immediate term, but at the cost of a future recession and an increase in the debt burden, which is already very high in Italy. Easy finance increases debt/GDP in the long run and…