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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8206

6 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Slight chill in business climate and economic sentiment indicator in eurozone in April

Brussels, 06/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The business climate indicator (reflecting business leaders' confidence in the twelve eurozone countries) fell by 0.05% between March and April to -0.64. The European Commission argues that this was driven by the "worsening in opinions about production trends in the recent past, while production expectations remained unchanged". The erosion has to be put into perspective since the index remains quite high compared with the level it was at in November...

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