In the Eurozone, France's economic growth decreased due to the terror attacks at the end of 2015, but is likely to be temporary. Some sentiment indicators are expected to have a positive outcome on Italy; however, overall slow growth is seen in France and Italy. Reducing demand for investment goods and exports from emerging markets is likely to hamper the German economic growth; however, domestic demand could provide some relief.
"Among the large Euro-area economies, we expect Spain to grow fastest in 2016 and 2017, although slightly slower than in 2015 - Nordea Research


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