Italians struggling with mortgage payments as banks reap billions
Max Civili
Press TV, Rome
In Italy the payments on variable-rate mortgages have increased remarkably as a result of the European Central Bank's policy of repeatedly hiking interest rates to combat inflation.
Rome has announced a one-off 40% windfall tax on local banks' extra profit as Italian families are struggling to make their mortgage repayments.
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