Home › T19 Categories › * Economics, Politics › (WSJ) Euro-Zone Economy Shows Weaker-Than -Expected Expansion

(WSJ) Euro-Zone Economy Shows Weaker-Than -Expected Expansion

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

The euro zone’s economy expanded at a weak pace last quarter despite a strong recovery in Germany, putting added pressure on the European Central Bank to enact fresh easing measures to prevent the region from sliding into a lengthy period of low inflation and economic stagnation.

Gross domestic product grew 0.2% in the euro zone during the first quarter compared with the final three months of 2013, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said Thursday, well short of the 0.4% quarterly gain expected by economists.

Read it all.

Posted in * Economics, Politics, * International News & Commentary, --European Sovereign Debt Crisis of 2010, Consumer/consumer spending, Corporations/Corporate Life, Credit Markets, Currency Markets, Economy, Ethics / Moral Theology, Euro, Europe, European Central Bank, Housing/Real Estate Market, Labor/Labor Unions/Labor Market, Theology