It is important to procure further resources to support the income of poor households, which are relatively numerous in Italy by European standards and on which the impact of the increase in the prices of essential goods is heavier. Going forward, it is also important to identify instruments that systematically deliver support to persons in economic difficulty.
In the planning framework, the ratio of primary current expenditure to GDP is set to rise by 0.7 percentage points, exceeding 40 per cent for the first time; interest payments remain  2  BIS Review 94/2008  stable at 5 per cent of GDP. The ratio of tax and social security receipts to GDP diminishes by 0.3 percentage points, to 43 per cent.