($1 = 0.9084 euros)
(Reporting by Valentina Za, editing by Cristina Carlevaro)
MILAN, May 10 (Reuters) - Italian savers shifted 14.3
billion euros ($15.7 billion) out of deposits with domestic
banks in March, while lenders continued to shrink credit to
businesses and stepped up bond sales to make up for the lost
funding, data showed on Wednesday.
Deposits with Italian banks stood at 2,629.4 billion euros
in March, down from 2,643.7 billion the month before, Bank of
Italy's data showed.
Current account deposits fell by 15.5 billion euros, while
timed deposits with an up to 2 year maturity increased by 8.8
billion.
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