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The sinking Dutchman: slump in consumption to deepen

By 2014, the Netherlands will have seen an unprecedented fall in household spending. The resulting weakness in the Dutch economy will undermine attempts to address euro-zone imbalances, while beleaguered Dutch voters may harden their opposition to transfers to the peripheral countries.

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