While Italy and Greece have some similarities, the fundamental cause of Italy’s problems is not fiscal laxity but consistently weak economic growth. So rather than resulting in a sudden crisis, as has happened in Greece several times, we suspect that Italy’s troubles will be more of a slow burn.
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