Sharp falls in industrial production in November last year mean that Germany and Italy may have experienced technical recessions in 2018. And GDP in the euro-zone as a whole probably increased by only around 0.2% in Q4. Meanwhile, officials at the ECB are becoming less confident that the economy will grow strongly this year.
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