Italy’s public debt reached a record high of 3.064 trillion euros (3.54 trillion U.S. dollars) in April.
The share of public debt held by the central bank dropped 0.3 percentage points to 20.2 percent, while holdings by Italian households and non-finance companies slipped 0.1 percentage points to 14.3 percent.
But those decreases were offset by higher debt levels by banks, insurance companies and other finance-related entities.