This paper examines the recent behavior of sovereign interest rates in the euro area, focusing on the 10 year yield spreads relative to Germany for Italy and other euro area countries. Both previous analyses and the new evidence presented in the paper suggest that, in recent months, for several...

This paper puts forward a comprehensive framework to model medium-to-long term public debt refinancing strategies. Essentially the framework has two main building blocks. First, a large number of strategies are generated so as to determine a wide range of potential financing plans, regardless of...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro presenta una serie mensile dell’indice di Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) per la stampa delle banconote in Banca d’Italia, dal gennaio 2014 al settembre 2020. L’OEE esprime il grado di funzionamento di un sito industriale, misurando in percentuale il...