ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In March the debt of public administrations increased by 19.5 billion compared to the previous month, resulting in a total of 3.158.8 billion. The Bank of Italy is known.
The requirements of public administrations (31.5 billion) have more than offset the reduction of the liquid availability of the Treasury (10.8 billion, 64.0) and the effect of the discards and premiums for issue and refund, the revaluation of securities indexed to inflation and exchange rates (1.2 billion).
The debt of central administrations increased by 19.9 billion, while that of loc/ali administrations decreased by 0.4 billion. The debt of the Social Funds remained substantially stable.
The residual average life of the debt – unchanged compared to the previous month – was 7.9 years old.
The share of the debt held by the Bank of Italy decreased to 17,6 percent (from 18.0 of the previous month). In February (last month for which this data is available) the percentage of the debt held by non-residents increased to 35.4 percent (from 34.8 last January), while that held by other residents (mainly households and non-financial enterprises) fell slightly to 14.2 percent (from 14.3 of the previous month).
In March, tax revenue accounted for in the state budget amounted to 38.9 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent (0.8 billion) compared with the corresponding month of 2025. In the first three months of 2026, tax revenues amounted to 129 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent (1 billion) compared to the same period of the previous year.
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