Political positioning has already begun ahead of Italy’s parliamentary elections next Spring. After a long-running feud within Italy’s Five Star…
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After a week and seven unsuccessful attempts to find common ground and elect a new President of the Republic to…
The Italian presidential election is looming and the current PM, Mario Draghi, is the leading contender. While his appointment to…
Italy’s Target 2 story is a microcosm of a macrocosm and one that tells us a lot about the ECB,…
With Draghi running the country, Italy will be led by a heavyweight. He is highly respected on the global scene…
We are looking to Italy to see the re-emergence of populism and a sovereign debt crisis which would hit the…
The results of the Italian regional elections and the approval of the electoral reform law by referendum last weekend should…
Rising bond yields might have forced the populist Italian government to moderate its tone ahead of next year’s budget, but…
Prospects for a quiet summer look slim in Italy. Tensions between the coalition partners will rise as expensive election promises,…
The Italian elections are unlikely to deliver a thumping victory to any party. That’ll leave a government with a weak…
Italy’s economic track record has been pretty woeful in recent years. The economy has been dogged by high and rising…
The Italian economy is similar to the proverbial frog in the slowly warming pan of water. The frog knows it…
Downside economic risks warranting preparation of new extraordinary measures and a quantification of ECB balance sheet expansion were the two…
Last Wednesday was a “good day at the office” for new Italian PM Matteo Renzi. True to his nickname of…
Matteo Renzi is to become Italy’s next Prime Minister. His success will hinge on his economic programme which should be…
