The Bank of Italy published seven new Occasional Papers (Nos. 936-942) covering energy prices in its macroeconometric model, sectoral natural gas consumption price elasticities, how households adjust house price expectations in an era of high inflation, Italian banks’ decarbonisation strategies, the effects of digitalisation on public-sector functioning using e-procurement evidence, approaches to issuing European safe assets via Eurobonds, and the relationship between necessity entrepreneurship, financial literacy and business performance.