The big surprise is Europe, which, unlike in 2004 and the first half of 2005, now seems to be catching up with the rest of the world. Whereas growth was a miserable 1.5% in 2005 in the 15 “old” members of the European Union, Ifo expects EU-15 growth to accelerate to 2.1% in 2006.
令人惊讶的是欧洲。与2004年很2005年上半年不同的是，欧洲看起来正在赶上世界其他地方。2005年15个“老”欧盟成员的增长率尽管只有可怜的1.5%，Ifo预计，欧盟15国在2006年的增长将会加快到2.1%。