Public finances

Public finance statistics provide information on the role of the general government sector in the economy. The main indicators calculated by the Bank of Italy are the "Maastricht debt", which measures the stock of general government financial liabilities, and the General government borrowing requirement, which measures the demand for financial resources from the other sectors of the economy and provides information on debt dynamics. Updates, data and methodological information on this topic are available through the Banca d'Italia's Statistics Portal. In particular, the following sections can be accessed directly: