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Italy’s fiscal outlook worse than headlines suggest

We think that Italy’s budget deficit will be even wider over the next few years than the Government’s projections imply. As a result, we expect bond yields to keep on rising. But unless yields surge, or there are clearer signs of contagion, the ECB is unlikely to respond.

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