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Has Europe's slump already hit its low point? Swiss bank UBS sees a glimmer of hope in the Ifo index, a closely watched barometer of German business sentiment. And economists at Dresdner Bank see Europe in a painful recession, but argue that it could already be more than half over.

Jack Ewing, Europe Insight

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