The Department of the Economy is the structure of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance responsible for financial interventions in the economy, State’s corporate shareholdings and the enhancement of public assets.

In particular, the Department ensures the design, implementation and monitoring of interventions aimed at supporting and promoting growth in the various sectors of the economy, such as support for exports, public guarantees and financial facilities for enterprises and households; supervision of bodies and foundations, including those of banking origin; the management and enhancement of State’s corporate shareholdings, exercising shareholder rights; policies for the rationalisation and enhancement of public assets: real estate, assets granted under concession and shareholdings held by Public Administrations, for which it carries out policy-making, monitoring and control activities on the implementation of the Consolidated Law on Publicly Owned Companies.

The Director General of the Economy, who is appointed by the Government on the proposal of the Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, heads the Department, which is divided into three General Directorates.

The Director General of the Department of the Economy is Marcello Sala.

The organisational structure of the Department of the Economy was identified by Italian Prime Ministerial Decree No. 125 of 26 July 2023.

Pending the adoption of measures to define the new Offices, the Department of the Economy will make use of the corresponding Offices and Services of the Department of the Treasury.