Economics

Euro Area Gets Some Good News to Offset Manufacturing Gloom

  • Services PMI revised higher, retail sales beat median forecast
  • Surveys still suggest 1Q economic growth of just 0.2%
Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg
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The euro-area economy got a modest lift on Wednesday as activity in services came in stronger than anticipated at the end of the first quarter.