In 12 of the last 20 years, Germany’s growth rate been lower than the average of the other three large eurozone countries (France, Italy, and Spain). Although German growth surged ahead during the post-crisis period, as the graph shows, the International Monetary Fund predicts that it will fall back below that three-country average – and far below the eurozone average, which includes the smaller high-growth countries of Central and Eastern Europe – within five years.
在过去20年中，有12年德国增长率慢于其他三个欧元区大国（法国、意大利和西班牙）平均水平。尽管德国增长率在危机后时期中跃居首位（如图所示），但国际货币基金组织（IMF）预计，五年内德国增长率将降到三国平均水平以下——并大大低于包括中欧和东欧规模较小的高增长国家在内的欧元区平均水平。