Economics
Resilient East EU Shows Slumping West That Stimulus Can Work
- Strong domestic demand tempers impact of global downshift
- Growth in Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania beats forecasts
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The European Union’s eastern economies downshifted last quarter along with the rest of the bloc, but a job boom and government spending helped them withstand the brunt of global headwinds that sent the U.K. and Germany into contraction.