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Have the peripheral economies regained competitiveness?

Official figures appear to suggest that the peripheral countries are successfully restoring competitiveness through internal devaluation. Since peaking in 2008/09, whole economy unit labour costs (ULCs) have fallen by about 14% in Greece and Ireland, 7.5% in Spain and 2.5% in Portugal.

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