the difference between the change in financial assets and that in financial liabilities), fuelled in part by the support measures, was positive by € billion, three times more than the year before (Figure 6).
A sizeable part of the loans received is held by firms in the form of deposits and other liquid assets, which can be used in the coming months to finance the upswing in production and planned investment. BANCA D’ITALIA  The Governor’s Concluding Remarks Annual Report 2020  9  Potentially fragile firms account for about one sixth of total jobs.