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Euro zone economy contracts in Q2 Economic growth in the 15-nation euro zone shrank in the second quarter of the year, an offficial EU figures showed on Sep- tember 3. The euro-zone economy decreased by 0.2% in the sec- ond quarter for the first time since the zone was formed in 1999, according to the European Union's statistics office (Eurostat). The growth rate in the first three months of the year climbed 0.7%, said the Eurostat. Compared with the same period of last

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