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ITALY. For all its own budget-deficit problems, the Italian economy is expanding much like its northern neighbors at a rate of 3% this year, according to Guido Carli, Former Governor of the Bank of Italy. Exports to the U.S., including such high-tech products as robots, are booming. Next...
Carli was worried above all by the rise in government spending, which is now about 50% of gross national product. He argued that reducing expenditures for local government, public health and social security is an urgent political necessity. He also believes that an incomes policy to hold down wages is...
"In Italy, we have rediscovered the so-called incomes policy." The main source of worry and uncertainty in Italy, according to Carli, is the budget deficit, which now represents 15% of the G.N.P. and threatens to grow beyond that. The present political argument in Rome concerns whether to raise taxes...
Carli launched the board on a discussion of the continuing struggle over Common Market programs. He called for fundamental reforms in the financing of the Community and its common agricultural policy, which eats up two-thirds of the organization's $22.5 billion budget. Said
Even though business is starting to pick up, the political situation could pose a threat to the European economy. The peace movements, Carli maintained, have created doubts about Western Europe's security that are affecting its economy. Said he: "The possible 'Finlandization' of Europe has introduced an...