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Apr 2005

The economic recovery in the euro area lost momentum in 2004. After a strong increase during the first half, real GDP rose at an annual rate of less than 1 percent in the following two quarters. Overall capacity utilization, which had increased in the first half of 2004 for the first time in several years, fell once again.

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Author Joachim Benner, Klaus-Jürgen Gern, Carsten-Patrick Meier, Joachim Scheide
Series Kiel Discussion Papers
Issue 420
Publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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