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Germany vs. Spain

....in a few simple charts.
Speech given by Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy
Bank of England, Rebalancing, 29 May 2013

Domestic demand and GDP: Germany vs. Spain

Source: Bank of England, Eurostat

 Nominal unit labour costs: Germany vs. Spain

Sources: Bank of England, Thomson Reuters Datastream and Bank calculations.
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