(ANSA) - Rome, March 2 - Italy's debt-to-GDP ratio was 3%
last year and 2.9% in 2013, Istat national statistics bureau
reported Monday.
The 2014 ratio is in line with forecasts in the
government's economic and financial blueprint (DEF).
Debt from 128.5% of GDP in 2013 to 132.1% of GDP in 2014,
the highest ratio since 1995, according to the bureau.
The tax burden rose to 43.5% of GDP last year, up 0.1% over
2013. Also in 2014, GDP fell by 0.4% to 2000 levels, the bureau
said in its final official estimate.
Fixed gross investments dropped last year by 3.3% while
family consumption was flat at +0.3%, Istat reported.
Exports rose 2.7% while imports dropped 1.8%, the bureau
said.
Italy 2014 debt-to-GDP ratio at 3% says Istat
GDP down by 0.4% last year as investments dive 3.3%