February public debt rose 21.5
billion euros to 2.215 trillion euros, the Bank of Italy said
Friday. The increase was due to a 10.7-billion-euro rise in
financial requirements for the month and an 11.2-billion-euro
increase in Treasury liquid assets, to 74.7 billion euros. The
February tax take was equal to 27.5 billion euros (+3.4% or 0.9
billion euros). The tax take increased by 6.6% or 3.8 billion
euros to 61.8 billion euros in the first two months of the year,
the central bank said. As well, the Bank of Italy said 2015
public debt was revised upward by 1.8 billion euros to 2.171
trillion euros - from 132.6% to 132.7% of GDP - confirming a
2.136-trillion-euro increase over 2014. The increased figures
are due to the fact that banking system liabilities were
included in the public debt calculations.
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