The Bank of Italy published six new Occasional Papers (Nos. 976–981), setting out research on Italy’s external sector, the tax justice system, fintech and household finance, monetary policy under uncertainty, redistribution, and households’ use of digital banking. The releases cover: the resilience of Italy’s external sector, including exports, price competitiveness, quality, the current account and the net international investment position (No. 981); microdata evidence on the functioning of the tax justice system (No. 980); findings from a new survey on the use of robo-advisors in Italy, including financial knowledge and household finance (No. 979); analysis of “the many shades of uncertainty” and implications for monetary policy, including non-linearities and information frictions (No. 978); the redistributive effects of in-kind transfers in Italy using microsimulation and inequality measures (No. 977); and households’ use of digital banking services and related family choices (No. 976).
Bank of Italy 2025-11-13
Bank of Italy releases six new Occasional Papers on external sector resilience, tax justice, robo-advice, uncertainty and monetary policy, redistribution and digital banking
The Bank of Italy released six Occasional Papers (Nos. 976–981) on Italy’s external sector, tax justice system, fintech and household finance, monetary policy under uncertainty, redistribution, and digital banking. Key topics include the resilience of Italy’s external sector, the tax justice system's functioning, robo-advisors, monetary policy implications of uncertainty, redistributive effects of in-kind transfers, and households’ digital banking usage.