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Greek budget highlights risk of fiscal slippage

Greece’s draft budget for 2019 suggests that the country is taking its fiscal targets much more seriously than Italy. But a closer look at the proposed measures implies some fiscal slippage, which could intensify around next year’s election increasing the risk of a renewed surge in bond yields.

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