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TakingEuropespulseFeb13th2015,20:00byTheDatateam
OurinteractiveoverviewofEuropeanGDP,debtandjobs
Europeseconomies
CurrencyEconomy
GDPperpersonUnemploymentYouthunemployment
DebtPublicdebtBudgetbalancePrimarybalance
GrowthLatestGDPchange2015GDPforecast2016GDPforecast
Source:TheEconomist
ISTHEeurozoneataturningpoint?Policymakers,unsurprisingly,wouldhaveyoubelieveso.Theypointtofasterthanexpectedgrowthinthefourth
quarterof2014:theeurozoneasawholegrewby0.3%inthequarter,anditsbiggesteconomy,Germany,expandedby0.7%.TheEuropeanCommissionis
forecastinggrowthin2015of1.3%,whichwouldbetheeuroarea'sbestoutcomesince2010.
Still,it'shardtogetexcited.FranceandItaly,thezone'ssecondandthirdlargesteconomies,stagnatedinthefinalquarteroftheyear.Greece'sreturntothe
headlineshasthepotentialtounsettlemarkets.Andfearsgrowthatthe18membercurrencyclubmayfallintodeflation:pricesarefallinginGermany,Italy
andSpain.TheECBhasadoptedmeasurestoboostpricesandgrowthmostnotablybyagreeingtoacontroversialprogrammeofquantitativeeasingbutit
didsoforareason.
Ourinteractivegraphic(updatedFebruary13th2015)displaysthelatesteconomicandfiscaldifferencesacrosstheEuropeanUnion.
