Activity data soft in Q3, fiscal policy looser in 2027
The latest official activity data present a downside risk to our forecast for euro-zone GDP growth in Q3. But even if growth is slower than we had anticipated in the third quarter, we wouldn't revise down our forecasts for Q4 and beyond, not least because draft budgets published this week suggest that fiscal policy will be looser next year than we have assumed.
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