The reading right now

As of January 2023, Government expenditure for Italy stood at 17.7%. That is down 1.1 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 18.9%, ranging from a low of 17.7% in January 2023 to a high of 20.6% in January 2020. The current reading sits 1.4 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 19%.

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