Why is Italy in trouble?

4 November 2011 Last updated at 12:11 ET Help

Italy has had large debts for a long time with no one questioning its ability to repay them, until now.

Robert Peston, the BBC's Business Editor explains how a country can suddenly find itself in financial uncertainty.

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