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With household purchasing power under pressure, Italy faces a difficult balancing act between supporting economic growth, easing living costs, and maintaining fiscal discipline.

For further information, see ISTAT and ANSA.

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Well, Italy's different.

By 2019, Istat had prices for existing homes about 17% below where they were in 2010.

17% lower, nine years later.

Prices have been recovering.

I don't trust my own spreadsheet either, so here's a sanity check.

Istat is Italy's national statistics office.

They say a couple over 65 spends about 2,800 euros a month.

That's 2024 data, and it includes a car.

That tension matters because consumer resilience can support growth in the short term while leaving families more exposed to future shocks.

For further information, see Istat, Italian National Institute of Statistics, Corriere della Sera, and La Presse.

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