Carstensen, Kai; Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Kamps, Christophe; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003
The economic situation in the euro area continues to be weak. In the course of 2003, real GDP has only stagnated. Several factors prevented the expected recovery to materialize. Last year’s collapse of stock prices dampened activity, so did the high oil price. In addition, the uncertainty in...