Eurozone upswing boosted by new data

The eurozone’s economic upswing is showing few signs of weakness, April 2007, with inflation falling, mortgage lending cooling and the strongest German order books for 30 years helping keep confidence near a six-year high.

Website: VDMA (German Engineering Federation) http://www.vdma.org/wps/portal/Home/en

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/590: April 2007: Business Climate Indicator for the euro area continues to rise in April http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/590&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/589: April 2007: Economic sentiment stabilises at a high level in both the EU and the euro area http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/589&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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