Is there any hope for euro-zone consumers?

On the whole, the news on the euro-zone was fairly good again last week. Industrial figures from Germany confirmed that Q2 was a very good quarter and the final release of July’s euro-zone PMI surveys suggested that the recovery might since have gained pace. Annual growth could easily beat our forecast of 1.0% this year.

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