The financial crisis tops the economic news coming out of Europe these days. And politics increasingly come into play as well, as European leaders struggle to formulate policies strong enough to restore waning confidence in the euro project. Dr. Bledowski focuses on cyclical changes taking place in Europe that have put the Eurozone on the verge of slipping into a technical recession (two negative quarters in a row). He also presents MAPI’s manufacturing forecast by industry for both the Eurozone and Central Europe.