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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

REVEALED: Ecb faces tough task after flip in fortunes for eurozone economies | Vintage Vibes

Berlin skyline, Germany
Berlin skyline. Germany’s economy skirted close to recession in the second half of 2024. Photograph: Harald Nachtmann/Getty Images

The European Central Bank is facing a tough balancing act in 2025 as it tries to navigate a reversal of fortunes in eurozone economies, as the hardest-hit nations of the 2010s debt crisis outperform the traditional core.

Highlighting a potential shift in power dynamics within the single currency bloc, economists said countries in the EU periphery ravaged by last decade’s sovereign debt crisis were in a stronger position than northern Europe’s most powerful nations, including France and Germany.

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