Italy's public debt fell to 2,24
trillion euros in February, the Bank of Italy said Friday.
It was a 10.7-billion-euro-drop compared to February, the
central bank said.
Italy's public debt, at more than 133% of GDP, is the
second-largest in GDP terms the eurozone after Greece's.
Italy's per capita GDP is 4.5% lower than the EU average and
lower than Germany's by 23.6% and France's by 9.2%, ISTAT said.
But it is is 5% higher than Spain's, the statistics office
said.
Successive governments have been trying to boost growth and
have tried to steer the EU away from austerity policies and
towards expansive policies.
The present government, of Premier Paolo Gentiloni, has
passed several budget measures aimed at stoking growth.
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