Economics
Italy’s Debt Burden Will Breach 1920 Record on Crisis Costs
- Debt will grow to almost 160% of GDP this year, official says
- Government spending on stimulus to be over 170 billion euros
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Italy’s debt this year will exceed the country’s previous record amassed in the aftermath of World War I, laying bare the debilitating cost of the coronavirus pandemic on the euro-zone’s third-biggest economy.