Italy stands out in the euro-zone for its particularly worrying public debt dynamics. The governments of most euro-zone countries could stabilise their debt ratios while running primary budget deficits. But due to Italy’s poor growth prospects and higher borrowing costs, its government would need to run large primary budget surpluses to prevent its debt ratio from rising.
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