Over half a century, both the micro-data of the former and the aggregate estimates of the latter have provided essential information for the economic and statistical analyses carried out at the Bank of Italy, informing and influencing its policy-making process. There is also a personal note, however. Throughout my long professional life at the Bank, I often relied on these data.
2  BIS Review 78/2007  As regards fiscal policy, the Governing Council notes with concern the pressures emerging in a number of countries to relax previous fiscal consolidation targets.