ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Last February the debt of public administrations increased by 27.3 billion compared to the previous month, resulting in an amount of 3,339.9 billion. The increase reflects the needs of public administrations (14.2 billion), the growth of the liquid availability of the Treasury (12.9 billion, 74.8), as well as the effect of wastes and premiums for issue and refund, the revaluation of securities indexed to inflation and change of exchange rates (0.2 billion). This is what emerges from the statistical publication “Public Finance: Requirements and Debt” of Banca d’Italia.
With reference to the subsector allocation, the increase in debt is attributable to that of the central administrations (26.9 billion) and to that of the local administrations (0.4 billion); the debt of the security institutions has remained almost unchanged. The residual average life remained stable at 7.9 years. The share of the debt held by the Bank of Italy continued to decrease, placing itself at 18.0 percent (from 18.3 of the previous month). In January (last month for which this data is available) the share held by non-residents had increased to 34.9 percent (from 34.3 percent of the previous month), while that of other residents (mainly families and non-financial enterprises) had decreased to 14.3 percent (from 14.5 percent of the previous month).
Overall, in the first two months of 2026, the tax revenues of the state budget amounted to 90.2 billion, substantially in line (+0.2 percent) with those observed during the same period last year.
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