most important is the IMF’s lending framework (policies, financing facilities, and financial resources), which is designed … the international “rules of the game” for dealing with sovereign debt crises. These rules rest on two main pillars. The … to support macroeconomic adjustment packages based on the key notion of public debt sustainability. The complementary …

the international �rules of the game� for dealing with sovereign debt crises. These rules rest on two main pillars …. The most important is the IMF�s lending framework (policies, financing facilities, and financial resources), which is … designed to support macroeconomic adjustment packages based on the key notion of public debt sustainability. The complementary …

-level data from the Survey on Household Income and Wealth and matching them with macroeconomic forecasts on debt and income, we … project the future path of households’ indebtedness and debt-service ratio. This allows us to assess households’ vulnerability … vulnerable households (defined as those with a debt-service ratio above 30 per cent and income below the median) over the total …

This publication collects the papers presented at the workshop entitled "The sovereign debt crisis and the euro area … Area of the Bank of Italy has conducted several analyses on the impact of the sovereign debt crisis on the financial system … mechanisms whereby the tensions in the government bond markets due to the sovereign debt crisis were transmitted to the banking …

the fiscal regime when the signaling effect on credit ratings is larger (that is, when a sufficiently large stock of debt … governments. We show that a testable prediction of our model is that primary balances and debt stocks are complementary inputs in …