How are we doing? Italy’s public accounts, one question at a time

In brief. The longer a bar, or the wider a band, the more money flows through it. When you open an item, the thinnest bands are drawn at a minimum width so they stay readable: the figure written next to them is still the real one. “To be financed” is the difference between what comes in and what goes out: it isn’t an extra tax and it doesn’t automatically become new debt. With “In today’s euros” switched on, past years are converted into today’s euros; the MEF’s original figure is always the “As published” one. The figures are the final accruals forecasts of the final accounts: what was authorised by year end, not what was actually paid or collected: the comparison is in Planned vs spent →