Economics

Worst Fears of Enduring Pain for Euro Area Are Subsiding

  • ‘Scarring’ danger is starting to look more contained than 2008
  • ECB cautions there’s still a risk if fiscal aid stops too soon
Photographer: Erika Gerdemark/Bloomberg
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European fears that the pandemic will lead to permanent damage across the labor market are starting to seem like more of a bad dream than reality.