Recent hints that the European Commission could grant further extensions to governments that are missing their deficit targets provide hope that the Commission will not force austerity regardless of the economic damage. But even without additional measures to rein in borrowing, the fiscal squeeze that is already planned will act as a very heavy drag on activity in the coming months.
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