The Italian Government’s fiscal projections, published this week, are based on overly-optimistic assumptions for GDP growth. We expect Italian bond yields to keep rising as the budgetary position worsens by more than policymakers and investors anticipate. Meanwhile, with an election on the horizon in Greece, we suspect that bond yields there will continue to rise too.
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