Rule reminder

Italian public finance vocabulary: 'la legge di bilancio' (budget law, approved each autumn); 'la manovra finanziaria' (financial package of measures); 'il DEF' (Documento di Economia e Finanza — Italy's annual economic planning document); 'il Pil/PIL' (Prodotto Interno Lordo — GDP); 'l'avanzo primario' (primary surplus — budget balance before interest payments); 'il fabbisogno' (financing requirement / shortfall). Italy's fiscal year is the calendar year.