What the Dutch current account says about the euro-zone

As the euro-zone periphery struggles to pay off its external debt, core countries like the Netherlands are still running record current account surpluses. But the Netherlands seems unlikely to reduce its large surplus any time soon, underlining how difficult it will be for the euro-zone to rebalance.

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