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Agentic AI offers potential to streamline central bank policy briefing
Agentic AI, combining large language models with autonomous goal setting, can automate key tasks in central bank policy briefing.
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AI adoption boosts Italian firm productivity and shapes inflation expectations
A Banca d'Italia study finds that artificial intelligence adoption among Italian firms increases labor productivity and profitability.
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Italian LSIs' higher loan defaults linked to riskier client profiles
A Banca d'Italia study reveals that higher default rates on corporate loans by Italian less significant institutions (LSIs) are largely explained by their tendency to serve smaller and riskier firms.
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Fifth conference explores financial stability and regulation challenges
Banca d'Italia, Bocconi University, EIEF, and CEPR will host the fifth 'Financial Stability and Regulation' conference in Rome on March 23-24, 2026, bringing together leading academics and policymakers.
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Call for papers: 2nd Conference on Applied Macroeconomics in Rome
The Banca d'Italia, Bank of Canada, and BI Norwegian Business School are jointly organizing the 2nd Conference on Applied Macroeconomics in Rome on October 8-9, 2026.
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Italian economy faces mixed trends in activity and financial health
The Banca d'Italia's March 2026 'Italian economy in brief' report details mixed trends across economic activity, prices, and financial conditions.
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Banca d'Italia's 25 years of technical cooperation strengthens global finance
Banca d'Italia celebrates 25 years of international technical cooperation, reporting 60 activities in the second half of 2025 involving 460 representatives from 50 central banks.
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Banca d'Italia presents financial education initiatives at national fair
Banca d'Italia will participate in Didacta Italia 2026, the leading national education fair in Florence from March 11 to 13. The central bank will showcase its financial education programs and an educational video game for schools across the country.
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Quantum reordering optimizes liquidity in TARGET2 payments
Banca d'Italia researchers applied a quantum reordering technique to Italian payments in TARGET2, achieving average daily liquidity savings of EUR 23 million to EUR 38 million.
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Panetta: Job creation crucial for Africa's demographic dividend
Banca d'Italia Governor Fabio Panetta emphasized that creating sufficient jobs in developing countries, especially Africa, is crucial to transform demographic growth into a dividend rather than a source of instability.
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Call for papers on long-term investor trends for July workshop
The Long-Term Investors@UniTo (LTI@UniTO) initiative and Banca d'Italia are organizing their 7th Research Workshop on Long-term investors' trends: theory and practice.
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Research conference invites papers on firm dynamics and growth
Banca d'Italia, CEPR, EIEF, and the World Bank are organizing a research conference on 'Firm Dynamics, Investment and Aggregate Growth' in Rome on September 17-18, 2026.