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Euro-zone unemployment has much further to rise

We suspect that the recent rise in the euro-zone unemployment rate is a sign of things to come and see the rate peaking at about 13.5% next year. This, together with continued fiscal austerity, is likely to mean pretty sharp falls in households’ real incomes and hence consumer spending.

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