Finance & economics | Onwards and sideways
Europe has no escape from stagnation
Things look increasingly dark for the continent
It is hard to avoid the soft bigotry of low expectations. The EU’s statistics bureau titled a recent release—showing no economic growth in the last quarter of 2024—“GDP stable in the euro area”. “Stagnant” would have been more accurate.
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Finance & economics
February 8th 2025
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