Rome, April 16 (ITALPRESS/GNA) – Last February, general government debt increased by €27.3 billion compared to the previous month, reaching €3,139.9 billion.
The increase reflects the general government borrowing requirement (€14.2 billion), the growth in Treasury liquidity (€12.9 billion, to €74.8 billion), as well as the effect of spreads and premiums on issuance and redemption, the revaluation of inflation-linked securities, and exchange rate fluctuations (€0.2 billion).
This is according to the Bank of Italy’s statistical publication “Public Finance: Borrowing Requirement and Debt.”
With reference to the breakdown by subsector, the increase in debt is attributable to that of central government (€26.9 billion) and local government (€0.4 billion); the debt of social security institutions remained virtually unchanged.
The average residual maturity remained stable at 7.9 years. The share of debt held by the Bank of Italy continued to decline, reaching 18.0 percent (from 18.3 percent the previous month).
In January (the last month for which this data is available), the share held by non-residents had increased to 34.9 percent (from 34.3 percent the previous month), while that of other residents (mainly households and non-financial businesses) had decreased to 14.3 percent (from 14.5 percent the previous month).
In the first two months of 2026, tax revenues totaled €90.2 billion, up 0.2 percent from the same period last year.
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