ROME (Reuters) - Italy's fiscal deficit fell to 3.0 percent of gross domestic product last year, above the government's most recent target and bang on the European Union's 3 percent ceiling, data showed on Friday.
The data may allow Rome to leave the European Commission's excessive deficit procedure imposing corrective measures on countries that exceed the 3 percent level.
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