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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8171

15 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb
Central Bank confirms optimism

Brussels, the European Central Bank believes that according to available forecasts, economic growth in the Euro-zone should gradually find a steady rhythm of +2-2.5% before the end of the year. Confirming the forecasts announced by President of the ECB, Wim Duisenberg, last week (see EUROPE 8 March page 10, the ECB monthly report for March states that, "The strength of this upturn is uncertain for the instant but we can expect that at the end of the year it will be sufficiently powerful to...

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