Italy’s government of national unity looks set to have a hefty majority, making it more stable and putting it in a better position to pass fiscal measures and reforms. But we wouldn’t get carried away about the prospects of it turning the economy around. Next week, the account of January’s ECB meeting might provide more information on how policymakers’ assess “financing conditions”, and we suspect that the flash PMIs for February will remain below 50.
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