Tax, Istat: in the Second Quarter Pressure Rises to 43.5%. The Deficit Improves to 2% of GDP
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The tax burden increases and purchasing power falls. This is what the ISTAT report for the second quarter of 2026 described. In the face of a 1.4% increase in the average price level of goods and services consumed, the purchasing power of families decreased by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter. While the tax burden has been [...] The Istat article, the tax burden rises to 43.5%. The purchasing power of families is falling. GDP +0.2% comes fr…
In the second quarter of 2026 the net debt of the general government in relation to GDP was equal to -2,0% (-2,1% in the same quarter of 2025).
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La StampaWith regard to the primary balance of general government (debt net of interest payable) was positive, with an impact on GDP of 3.0%.
In the second quarter of 2026 the tax burden was 43.5%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared to the same period of the previous year. Istat reports this. (ANSA)
Istat notes this with the account of the Pa and estimates of households and companies, part of the quarterly accounts of the institutional sectors. The data are commented on in a raw form, while those relating to households and companies in a seasonally adjusted form
They improve, compared to the same period of the previous year, both the net debt and the primary government balance The article Istat, improves the deficit/GDP ratio but increases the tax burden comes from Five Columns Magazine.
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