HAMISH MCRAE: Could this Italian job be the beginning of the euro’s end?

HAMISH MCRAE: Could this Italian job be the beginning of the euro’s end?

Five Star wants to change the constitution of the European Central Bank So it would seem Italy has a government. Now the fun will begin. It is always hard to know whether a political programme that has been pledged will actually be carried out. But if a significant portion of the Five Star/League plan is put into action it will be the greatest populist experiment in a sizable economy to date.

To take one measure, the fiscal boost, this looks like adding anywhere between 1% and 3% of GDP to the deficit. That makes Donald Trump’s tax cuts, expected to […]

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