IMF commends Italy's progress on fiscal consolidation, says time to accelerate
International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Lone Christiansen praised the Italian government's management of the public accounts as she presented the IMF's latest Article IV report on Italy on Friday. Christiansen said Italy's progress on fiscal consolidation and reducing the deficit to 3.1% of GDP in 2025, with forecasts it will come down to 2.9% in 2026 and 2.8% in 2027, "deserves to be commended and highlighted". Christiansen added, however, that Italy's "public debt is high", coming in at around 137% of GDP in 2025, and recommended the government "slightly accelerate the pace in the short term" of bringing it down.
- ▪International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Lone Christiansen praised the Italian government's management of the public accounts as she presented the IMF's latest Article IV report on Italy on Friday.
- ▪Christiansen said Italy's progress on fiscal consolidation and reducing the deficit to 3.1% of GDP in 2025, with forecasts it will come down to 2.9% in 2026 and 2.8% in 2027, "deserves to be commended and highlighted".
- ▪Christiansen added, however, that Italy's "public debt is high", coming in at around 137% of GDP in 2025, and recommended the government "slightly accelerate the pace in the short term" of bringing it down.
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International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Lone Christiansen praised the Italian government's management of the public accounts as she presented the IMF's latest Article IV report on Italy on Friday. Christiansen said Italy's progress on fiscal consolidation and reducing the deficit to 3.1% of GDP in 2025, with forecasts it will come down to 2.9% in 2026 and 2.8% in 2027, "deserves to be commended and highlighted". Christiansen added, however, that Italy's "public debt is high", coming in at around 137% of GDP in 2025, and recommended the government "slightly accelerate the pace in the short term" of bringing it down.
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