The President of ISTAT, Giorgio Alleva, and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Budget Office, Giuseppe Pisauro, yesterday agreed a draft accord to govern collaboration on macroeconomic forecasting models and microsimulation models of the effects of fiscal policy measures. The cooperative relationship with ISTAT is intended to provide methodological support for the activities of the PBO in the autumn budget session. The agreement will be formalised in the coming days with digital signature of the accord pursuant to Article 15 of Law 241 of 7 August 1990.