Brussels, 18/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - For the euro area, 2008 has been characterised by low growth (0.7%) and steep inflation (4% in the summer and 3.3% on average) in a year marked by the outbreak of the economic and financial crisis. This exceptional situation shaped European Central Bank (ECB) policy, pushing it to extraordinary measures in reaction to new economic conditions. Thus says the draft European Parliament report by Edward Scicluna (S&D, Malta), responding to the ECB annual...