the prime minister is returning today to meet with president george me poll tano to discussion the situation. speaking ahead of his departure, he called the resignation a humiliation, not for him but instead for italy. ahead of that, the coalition is scheduled to meet today to discuss how to avoid a pdl in sales tax. you can see currently we're a little elevated on that ten-year yield at 4.5%. >>> joining us now, we have jonesen stops on the set with us. so nice to see you and have you on board with us this morning. we've just seen some backward looking data. obviously, people have been more confident as the data points have been improving. but now we have this crisis. are you concerned about the situation in italy today? >> i guess there are two parts here. the first part is what's coming through on the data side. so there are clear signs and there have been clear signs the macro is generally getting better, and part of that is macro risks are getting worse. >> we're discussing that maybe through italian politics again. we aren't discussing a eurozone. we're talking about different risks. t