Banca d'Italia
Digital Euro: Progress, holding limits, and distribution models
Banca d'Italia hosted a meeting with payment and electronic money institutions to discuss the digital euro project.
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Italy's BNPL Market: Risks and Regulatory Oversight
A Banca d'Italia study reveals rapid growth in Italy's Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) market, with usage increasing from 4 percent of households in 2022 to 30 percent in 2025.
Scotti highlights research role in navigating financial transformation
Banca d'Italia Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti emphasized the critical role of economic research in understanding and navigating the rapid transformation of financial intermediation.
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ECB reports on compliance, tokenised finance, and banking oversight
The European Central Bank's Governing Council approved a monitoring report on monetary financing, published a roadmap for tokenised finance, and detailed various supervisory actions taken in March.
Italy's current account surplus expands to EUR 30.1 billion
In the twelve months ending January 2026, Italy's current account surplus reached EUR 30.1 billion, an increase from EUR 21.1 billion a year prior.
Doria: Banca d'Italia leverages tradition for innovation challenge
Massimo Doria, General Secretary of the Banca d'Italia, emphasized the central bank's strategy to leverage tradition and expertise in addressing the challenges of technological innovation and human capital development.
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Macroeconomic shocks drive US term premium fluctuations
A Banca d'Italia working paper analyzes the macroeconomic drivers of the US ten-year term premium.
Public funding fuels US innovation and economic growth
A Banca d'Italia working paper finds that government-funded but privately-owned patents explain roughly 20 percent of medium-term fluctuations in US productivity and GDP growth.
Labor effort crucial for euro area business cycles and inflation dynamics
A Banca d'Italia working paper finds that labor effort plays a significant role in euro area business cycles, outperforming other explanations for procyclical labor productivity.
Housing markets drive varied monetary policy effects across euro area
A Banca d'Italia working paper by Stefano Pica examines why monetary policy affects euro area member states unevenly.
Banca d'Italia enhances microdata access for research community
Banca d'Italia is expanding access to its microdata for the research community, offering tools like a remote execution portal and preparing an on-site computer lab in Rome.
Euro area price stickiness during inflation surge quantified
A Banca d'Italia working paper uses CPI microdata from nine euro area countries to document consumer price stickiness during the 2021-2024 inflation cycle.