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

ECB faces tough task after flip in fortunes for eurozone economies

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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