Euro-zone PMIs consistent with stronger growth

Last week’s PMI survey brought some more good news for the euro-zone economy. Accordingly, due to expectations of stronger growth in Q1, we have revised up our GDP forecast for 2017. While the survey’s forward-looking components paint a bright picture of conditions in the next month or two, economic fundamentals nevertheless suggest that growth will slow in the rest of the year.

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