Benner, Joachim; Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Meier, Carsten-Patrick - 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...