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italy suffered a balance of payments deficit of #.## trillion lire -lrb- #.## billion dollars -rrb- in november , a sharp turnaround from a surplus of #.## trillion lire -lrb- #.## billion dollars -rrb- in the same month last year , the italian exchange office announced on thursday .
italian balance of payments in deficit in november