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Italy's debt and Italian savers investing in Italian government bonds- a key difference with Spain

05/14/2010

Italy issued 18 billion euros in bonds in October 2012 at 4.74%, with most of the bonds going to Italian savers. The borrowing costs are down significantly. Italian retail investors have net private wealth of over 8 trillion euros and household wealth is 4 times the GDP, one of the highest in Europe, according to the Bank of Italy. This means most of the interest paid remains inside Italy and is available for consumption and spending. This is a key difference with Spain where households are highly indebted after the housing bubble.

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