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Free AccessMNI EXCLUSIVE: Italy Plans Bond Sales To Finance Deficit: Srcs
--Italy Government Plans E27 Bln Bond Sales For Funding: Sources
--Gov't Working On "Massive" E53 bln Investment Plan Over Next 3 Years
By Silvia Marchetti
ROME (MNI) - Italy's government aims to fund its enlarged 2.4% of GDP
deficit target for 2019 through bond issuance and "ambitious" spending cuts,
alongside a public investment plan worth up to E53 billion over the next three
years which it hopes will spur economic growth, sources close to the budget
talks told MNI.
Roughly E27 billion, or 1.6% of GDP, will be funded through financial
markets, while expenditure cuts, currently under scrutiny by a special
committee, are likely to raise E10-15 billion, said the sources.
The 2.4% deficit target, raised from the 0.8% set by the previous
centre-left administration, was decided after a crunch meeting Thursday between
the two governing parties -- Lega and 5 Star Movement.
The deficit figure will also be kept down by economic growth higher than
the 1% previously estimated for 2019. Finance Minister Giovanni Tria told Il
Sole 24 this weekend that increased infrastructure spending would help push the
rate of economic expansion to 1.6%. The governing coalition has also ditched
plans to increase value-added tax.
--NO VAT HIKE
"We are sure that in a moment of economic recovery, the overall impact of
this accommodative budget, that avoids a E12.4 billion VAT hike and includes a
mix of tax cuts and other pro-growth measures, will further spur the economy",
said Economy Undersecretary of State Massimo Bitonci, of the Lega party.
Alvise Maniero, a 5 Star Movement member of the Lower House finance
committee, stressed that "the support to consumption and fight against poverty
(including a "citizens' wage" worth some E10 billion per year for 5 million
poorer Italians), alongside massive public investments, no more redundant
spending and a series of tax cuts for businesses and VAT holders will boost
internal demand and contribute in defining a rosier economic outlook for Italy".
Asked whether markets will be willing to fund the higher deficit, Maniero
replied that "investors are interested in the solidity of our financial system,
which is reflected in Italy's credible state bonds" and supported by other
factors, too.
"The fact that Italy's private debt, usually perceived as more risky than
public debt, is low, boosts market confidence," said Maniero.
Another 5 Star Movement source suggested overall tax cuts could be in the
range of E3-5 billion, while E38 billion worth of public investments over the
next three years will focus on strategic infrastructure, lowering the digital
divide and boosting public-private partnerships through less red-tape and
greater allocation of resources. Another E15 billion, currently "frozen", have
already been allocated by previous cabinets and will be unblocked.
"The spending cuts are now being identified and will come into effect as of
next year, when state expenditures will be made more efficient and public
tenders' procedures less rusty. This will also help to attract investors," said
the source.
--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com
--MNI London Bureau; +44208-865-3829; email: Jason.Webb@marketnews.com
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