'Power Shift Europe' Neil Macdonald on Italy's fiscal reckoning - CBC.ca 21 min: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/1233408557/ID=2226773602 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html Italy - Economy GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.822 trillion (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 11 GDP - real growth rate: 0.4% (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 192 Public debt: 120.1% of GDP (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 Debt - external: $2.684 trillion (30 June 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 7 $2.223 trillion (30 June 2010 est.) Budget: revenues: $1.041 trillion . . . expenditures: $1.122 trillion (2011 est.)