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Politics Italy EU

Italy’s 2027 deficit reaches 3.4%

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Italy’s government approved a fiscal plan seeking up to 29 billion euros in budget flexibility, while projecting the deficit would reach 3.4% of GDP in 2027.

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EU’s debt issuance on behalf of its member states increased fivefold between 2020 and 2025. As a share of all EU member states’ economic output, it went from 2.9% of GDP in 2020 to 5.4% in 2025.
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Lifting the curtain on the EU’s debt
The EU’s far-reaching response to a series of major shocks has turned it into a major borrower on international financial markets. Debt issued by the EU on behalf of its member states now stands at cl...
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October 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM

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Just Published: "The State-Dependent Effects of Monetary Policy on Fiscal Balances: An Analysis of Debt Burdens and Deficits" has been published at the Eurasian Economic Review doi.org/10.1007/s40822-026-... Working paper version is available at dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.526...
October 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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