德國增長引擎“熄火”，歐元區第二季度經濟深陷停滯

????而法國也深受出口走弱之苦。在一季度增長0.5%后，法國二季度出口增勢完全停滯。大批法國和德國公司在近期收益報告中抱怨稱，強勢的歐元（二季度絕大多數時間對美元匯率都達到三年來最高點）已使他們的生意更加雪上加霜。

????近幾周來，各種消息和數據已讓歐元下跌了六美分，但歐洲時間8月14日下午三點左右，歐元升值0.25美分，匯率達到1：1.3403美元。

????而其他國家則偶有亮點。西班牙和荷蘭在房地產泡沫破滅后分別實現了0.6%和0.5%的增長，而葡萄牙和斯洛伐克也都增長了0.6%。（財富中文網）

????譯者：清遠

????France too, suffered from weakness in exports, which stagnated in the quarter, after rising 0.5% in the previous three months. A raft of French and German companies have complained in their latest earnings reports that the strength of the euro–which spent most of the quarter close to a three-year high against the dollar, had made life more difficult for them.

????Recent news and data have pushed the euro down six cents in the last few weeks, but the currency rose a quarter of a cent against the dollar by mid-afternoon in Europe to $1.3403.

????Elsewhere, there were occasional bright spots. Spain grew 0.6% and the Netherlands 0.5%, as the effect of collapsed housing bubbles faded them, while Portugal and Slovakia also grew 0.6%.