THE ECONOMIST

A bad dose of post-holiday blues

Never let it be said that economists are an optimistic bunch; we have a tendency to look for the downside in statistics, looking for reasons to scale things back to suggest that there is worse to come.

The economic malaise of the European Union could drag down ports further in 2012. Credit - Xavier Häpe

Never let it be said that economists are an optimistic bunch; we have a tendency to look for the downside in statistics, looking for reasons to scale things back to suggest that there is worse to come.

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