Cost-of-living strains curb Europe’s near-term outlook

Cost-of-living pressures will constrain economic activity in Western Europe in 2023/24 but will ease in the medium term

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In this article

  • Europe's comparatively poorer near-term outlook
  • Import dependence
  • Restricted labour supply
  • Real wage erosion
  • Brexit supply-chain shocks
  • Longer-term prospects
  • Faster transition from fossil-fuel reliance
  • Trade rebalancing
  • Long-run fiscal balance
  • Automation

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