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Euro-zone unemployment will only peak in mid-2021

Euro-zone unemployment now seems likely to peak at a lower rate and about a year later than we had previously forecast, mainly due to the widespread use of short-time working schemes. But the partial economic recovery means unemployment will fall back slowly, weighing on wage growth and inflation.

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