Italian bank lending to firms shrinks at record pace in November

FRANKFURT, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Bank lending to Italian companies fell at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in November, the sharpest decline since the statistics began 10 years ago, European Central Bank...

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