# Italy General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), quarterly (unadjusted, EUR mn)

Italy General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), quarterly (unadjusted, EUR mn) was −11,552 € million in Q2 2026, up 37,511 from Q1 2026 and up 187.6 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −67,126 € million (Q1 2021) to 16,062 € million (Q4 2025), averaging −23,256 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.GOVBAL.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (110 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/general-government-net-lending-net-borrowing-quarterly-unadjusted-eur-mn

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −11,552 € million |
| Q1 2026 | −49,063 € million |
| Q4 2025 | 16,062 € million |
| Q3 2025 | −23,792 € million |
| Q2 2025 | −11,740 € million |
| Q1 2025 | −50,266 € million |
| Q4 2024 | 9,081.3 € million |
| Q3 2024 | −18,823 € million |
| Q2 2024 | −15,118 € million |
| Q1 2024 | −49,975 € million |
| Q4 2023 | −30,646 € million |
| Q3 2023 | −35,689 € million |
| Q2 2023 | −22,706 € million |
| Q1 2023 | −62,926 € million |
| Q4 2022 | −28,445 € million |
| Q3 2022 | −49,348 € million |
| Q2 2022 | −24,211 € million |
| Q1 2022 | −59,182 € million |
| Q4 2021 | −23,928 € million |
| Q3 2021 | −35,549 € million |
| Q2 2021 | −37,378 € million |
| Q1 2021 | −67,126 € million |
| Q4 2020 | −23,906 € million |
| Q3 2020 | −42,979 € million |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.GOVBAL.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.GOVBAL.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```