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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9607
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy

European economy faces less growth and increase in inflation this year

Brussels, 21/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - Threatened with a fall in growth and increased inflationary pressures, the European economy is delicately poised. This is the Commission's verdict as it published its new seasonal interim forecasts on Thursday 21 February. Growth was revised downwards (by a 0.4 percentage point) compared to figures for November 2007 (EUROPE 9540) and is expected to fall to 2% in the EU and 1.8% in the eurozone. Inflation is rising (by a 0.5 percentage point) and stands...

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