Claeys, Gregory and Mazza Jan, “‘Lo spread’: The collateral damage of Italy’s confrontation with the EU“, Bruegel.org, July
The authors assess whether the European Commission’s actions towards Italy since September 2018 have had a visible impact on the spread between Italian sovereign-bond yields and those of Germany, and particularly whether the Commission’s warnings have acted as a ‘signalling device’ for bond-market participants that it might be difficult for Italy to obtain the support of the ESM or the ECB’s OMT programme if needed.
Relevant Posts
- Dennis Shen, (2019), “Outlook for Italy: Fiscal policy and instability in the government remain key sources of risk”, LSE EUROPP, 27 June
- Gianluca Piccolino, Davide Angelucci and Pierangelo Isernia, (2019), «What Brexit has taught Italy about its own prospects of leaving the EU», LSE EUROPP, 6 June
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, (2019), «Italy’s incurable economy», Politico, 13 May