Italy
Bank of Italy defends change on capital accounting
Allowing banks to ignore falling bond prices for capital purposes is a legitimate move, says regulator
Italy amends laws on capital gains to ease sovereign debt pressure
New laws imposed on capital losses by the Bank of Italy signals continued fragility in European markets
Cracks emerge over ECB’s bond purchases
Bundesbank head and ECB leadership candidate Axel Weber criticises central bank’s entry into bond markets, analysts disagree on whether intervention justified
Bank of Italy on post-Lehman credit conditions
Bank of Italy paper shows severe credit contraction and behaviour of zombie banks distorted lending following Lehman’s collapse
Bank of Italy: debt-saddled Italian firms struggle to compete in Europe
Bank of Italy paper puts low productivity of non-financial firms in Italy to inherently high indebtedness in the country
Greece’s $40 billion bailout an improvement, but issues remain
Markets soothed as firm details of Greek rescue plan are announced, eurozone will provide €30 billion at discounted 5% rate for year forward, analysts less convinced
Bank of Italy bans second credit-card issuer
Move seen by Italian media as indicative of politicisation of money laundering and usury laws
Bank of Italy: lack of demand led to sluggish lending
Paper shows falling demand rather than supply for credit led to falls in lending during the crisis
Sovereign risk worries overstated: panel
Debt experts from Bank of Italy, National Bank of Denmark and French debt agency point to reassuring signs of continuing life in the sovereign debt markets
Bank of Italy – Economic Bulletin January 2010
Bank of Italy – Economic Bulletin January 2010 Bank of Italy says recovery will be sluggish in 2010 and 2011
Italy’s Draghi on tax evasion
Bank of Italy’s Mario Draghi on the importance of reducing tax evasion
France blames 80s monetary policy for poor growth
Banque de France asks whether permanent and gradual shifts in monetary policy were responsible for a protracted period of depressed activity in the euro area over the past decades
ECB looks to soothe deflation fears
European Central Bank’s Jean-Claude Trichet and Lucas Papademos comment on the Governing Council’s decision to keep the key interest rates unchanged
Italy’s recessions past and present
A comparative analysis of the country’s main recessions by the Bank of Italy
Italy’s Draghi: industry must be supported
Bank of Italy’s Mario Draghi says labour and firms key in fighting Italy’s recession
Frankfurt forces Rome gold backtrack
Government changes plans for a new tax on central bank gold sales
Bank of Italy – Economic Bulletin July
Bank of Italy publishes its latest 2009 GDP forecast for Italy
Italy's Draghi on FSB initiatives
In a speech to the International Monetary and Financial Committee last month, Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy and the chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), reported on the progress the board had made in the three weeks since it…
Italy's Draghi calls on banks to raise capital
Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy, has urged the country's banks to increase their capital ratios to shore up confidence in the financial sector.
FSF's Draghi on macro-prudential supervision
Every financial institution capable of creating systemic risk will be subject to supervision, Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy and the chairman of the Financial Stability Forum, has warned.
How to measure global inequality
World inequality cannot be measured with the same tools as applied at a national level, says a new research from the Bank of Italy.
Italy investigates retail payments trends
The Bank of Italy is surveying the outsourcing of technological services associated with the provision of electronic retail payment services.
Italy's Draghi - standardisation needed
A move towards the standardisation of financial products in the future is unavoidable, said Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy.
Sepa implementation: an overview
A new publication from the Bank of Italy gives an up-to-date overview of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) implementation process.