But rising interest rates are causing the debt-service burden to become onerous and politically unsustainable. Furthermore, Italy must refinance €275 billion ($372 billion) of its debt in the next six months, while investors, seeking to reduce their financial exposure to the country, are driving the yield on Italian ten-year bonds to prohibitively high levels – currently above 7%.
但利率的升高大大加重了意大利的债务维持负担，使其在政治上变得不可持续。此外，意大利必须在未来6个月内获得2 750亿欧元的债务再融资，而投资者正在试图减少对意大利的风险暴露，这使得意大利10年期国债收益率畸高，目前已经超过了7%。