Figure 2  Primary surplus: objectives and outturns (per cent of GDP)  6.0  6.0  5.0  5.0  4.0  4.0  3.0  3.0  2.0  2.0  1.0  1.0  0.0  0.0  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  EFD Update (Sept. 2013)  EFD (April 2014)  EFD Update + Draft Budgetary Plan (Oct. 2014)  EFD (April 2015)  EFD Update (Sept. 2015)  Outturns (Sept. 2016)  EFD (April 2016)  EFD Update (Sept. 2016)  2018  2019  Figure 3  General government debt (per cent of GDP)  140  140  130  130  120  120  110  110  100  100  90  90  80  80  '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15  Source: For GDP, based on Istat data (23 September 2016, press release).
Figure 4  Twelve-month cumulative borrowing requirement (1) (monthly data; billions of euros)  100  100  90  90  80  80  70  70  60  60  50  50  40  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  40  General government General government excluding financial assistance to EMU countries (2) State sector excluding financial assistance to EMU countries Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance for the state sector borrowing requirement.