Euro-zone still on track for a grinding recovery

Although the Bank of Spain’s Q3 GDP estimate suggested that Spain may have exited its two-year recession, the fall in the euro-zone composite PMI in October highlighted that the region’s economic recovery remains fragile. For now at least, then, we see little reason to alter our view that the euro-zone recovery will be sluggish and weaker than the consensus expectation.

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