Italy unlikely to balance budget by 2013

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Series Details 18.4.12
Publication Date 18/04/2012
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has delayed by one year Italy’s goal of balancing its budget rather than risk deepening the economic recession by imposing further drastic austerity measures.

Financial analysts broadly accepted what they saw as an inevitable policy shift by Rome’s technocrat government, a view reflected on markets where Italy’s bond yields rose only slightly in response to the news delivered after a cabinet meeting on the 18 April 2012.

Related Links
BBC News, 18.4.12: Italy slashes its 2012 growth forecast http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17759429
IMF Survey, 17.4.12: Outlook slowly improving but remains fragile http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/RES041712A.htm
BBC News, 17.4.12: IMF sees 'optimism return' as faster growth predicted http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17741792

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