ECB won’t bail out Italy

The ECB has a range of tools at its disposal to respond to the situation in Italy and its effects on the wider euro-zone. But for it to use them, there would have to be a serious escalation of the crisis. And even then, the ECB would force Italy to agree to strict fiscal conditions before it provided meaningful support.

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