31-01-2017 14:14 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Potent euro zone growth, inflation pressures reluctant ECB

By Jan Strupczewski and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Inflation in the euro zone has risen to just below the European Central Bank's target, economic growth is accelerating at greater speed than in the United States, and unemployment has hit a more than seven-year low. Myriad data releases showed on Tuesday that the 19-member currency bloc's economy is on the mend - a confirmation of recovery that will intensify political pressure on the European Central Bank to haul back its generous
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