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Will stubborn inflation scupper recovery hopes?

Recent euro-zone price developments suggest that inflation will remain stubbornly high over the coming months and damage previous hopes that sharp falls in inflation would partly offset the negative effects on domestic spending from the fiscal squeeze. The stronger growth that the peripheral economies need to meet their fiscal targets is still a long way off.

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