Bank of Italy
Draghi backs EU move on stress tests
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi sees publication of results of stress tests of Europe’s biggest banks as key to calming market jitters; EU move follows Spanish decision to publish results of its stress tests earlier this week
Bank of Italy economists propose fix for interbank stresses
Director of economic outlook and monetary policy department, and senior economist at Italian central bank say fix could alleviate liquidity strains
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
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
Italy’s Saccomanni calls for new exchange-rate regime framework
Bank of Italy director general Saccomanni calls for standardisation of exchange-rate policies to reduce imbalances in global economy
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
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
Draghi moves to clarify Greek-swap role
Bank of Italy governor not involved in under-fire Greek swap deals; moves to justify Italian transactions
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 economy in the crisis
Bank of Italy looks at the effects of the crisis on the Italian productive system
Base countercyclical provisioning on expected losses
Bank of Italy looks at Spanish dynamic provisioning
Italy’s Draghi welcomes Islamic finance
Bank of Italy’s Mario Draghi says sharing information crucial to the smooth integration of Islamic finance
Italy’s Visco on cross-border cooperation
In the wake of the global crisis, Bank of Italy’s Ignazio Visco examines barriers to cross-border collaboration between officials
Future rate disclosure works
Bank of Italy looks at the impact of disclosing future rate movements as part of monetary policy
Culture matters for regulation
Bank of Italy says trust has impact on preferences for regulation
Real effects of banking crises: a literature review
Bank of Italy examines trends in research on banking crises
Italy’s Draghi on tax evasion
Bank of Italy’s Mario Draghi on the importance of reducing tax evasion
Crime makes credit pricier, says Bank of Italy
Bank of Italy looks at the relationship between the terms on bank loans and local crime rates
Eastern Germany still behind the west
Bank of Italy looks at the economic convergence of eastern Germany with western Germany
Uncertainty clouds Italian gold tax
Silvio Berlusconi says gold levy criticised by ECB could be changed but Italian daily reports government plans to pass the tax in its current form
Italy’s recessions past and present
A comparative analysis of the country’s main recessions by the Bank of Italy