When it comes to gauging the Italian economic outlook, we would do well to remember Herb Stein’s famous aphorism: If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. If ever that aphorism was true, it ...

The Italian legislators and CONSOB enacted new measures, as part of a general attempt to modernize the market infrastructure 1. The new rules relate to, inter alia, the following: The issuance of ...

Healthy demand for Italian debt, but how far can spreads tighten? Italy’s sale of a 15y bond drew another record demand with an order book of €157bn. This healthy demand for Italian credit is ...

Italian prime minister Mario Draghi's resignation Thursday could impact peripheral debt and the European Central Bank's new anti-fragmentation bond purchase plan, asset managers cautioned. Mr. Draghi, ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Italian financial markets were jolted this week by reports the country's incoming coalition government wanted to review the accounting status of Italy's sovereign bonds held by ...

MILAN/ROME, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Italy is unlikely to emerge unscathed from a raft of reviews of its sovereign debt over the next month, analysts say, but the prevailing view is that the ratings ...

ROME, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Investors will nervously await a review of Italy's ratings on Friday, although analysts see little risk that Moody's will relegate the country's debt to junk status, a move ...

A principal reason to brace ourselves for another round of the Italian debt crisis is that all of the factors that might allow that country to reduce its debt burden are now moving in the wrong ...