Marcus Ashworth, Columnist

Italy’s Debt Drama Gets Worse, in Four Charts

High volumes, high yields, wide spreads — these are the ingredients for a stormy autumn in Italian markets.

Investors aren’t feeling the amore.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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There’s not a lot of amore among investors these days for Italy.

For a start, the benchmark 10-year bond shows investors are expecting not much good to come out of the government’s September budget process.