Proposed EC sanctions for euro-zone countries with high public debt, large current account deficits or housing market bubbles are being sold as a key step towards rebalancing and hence strengthening the region. But in the near term, they will only add to the periphery’s problems. What’s more, they do nothing to address the other side of the imbalance; i.e., Germany’s weak domestic spending.
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