Eurozone economic confidence wanes

Eurozone growth prospects are being battered by the region’s debt crisis, with economic confidence levels dropping to their lowest for a year, according to a European Commission's Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) for July 2011.

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release: IP/11/934: July 2011: Economic sentiment drops in both the EU and the euro area http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/934&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Economic and Financial Affairs: Economic databases and indicators: Business and Consumer Surveys http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/db_indicators/surveys/index_en.htm

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