ROME (MktNews) - The following is a table published by Italian finanical daily Il Sole 24 Ore in its Wednesday editions reportedly showing the European Commission's newly revised eurozone economic forecast for 2001. Figures in brackets are previous Commission forecast published in October:
2001 GDP 2001 HICP
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EUROZONE 2.9 (3.2) 2.1 (2.2)
Germany 2.5 (2.8) 2.0 (1.8)
France 2.9 (3.1) 1.4 (1.6)
Italy 2.4 (2.8) 2.2 (2.2)
Spain 3.2 (3.5) 2.9 (2.9)
Netherlands 3.3 (4.0) 3.3 (3.9)
Belgium 3.0 (3.3) 2.0 (2.0)
Ireland 8.1 (8.2) 4.0 (3.7)
Luxembourg 6.3 (6.5) 2.9 (2.9)
Greece 4.4 (4.5) 2.6 (2.6)
Finland 3.9 (4.3) 2.4 (2.5)
Austria 2.8 (2.9) 1.7 (1.8)
Portugal 2.6 (2.7) 3.2 (2.9)
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Source: Il Sole 24 Ore