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Macro Weekly – It ain’t over yet: recession fears in the eurozone

PublicationMacro economy
29 March 2019, 1:00 am

Eurozone recession still not most likely, but risks are tilting to the downside. 10-year German Bund turned negative. Corporate lending less favorable than it seems. German manufacturing employment shrinks for the first time since the slowdown. ECB will do all it can, but fiscal aid is possible and would be helpful. While Brexit negotiations have come to a deadlock.

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