The Recovery Charts That Made Our Day

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We knew the numbers: the euro zone has finally emerged from recession, Spain’s trade deficit has virtually disappeared, in the UK unemployment is slowly falling, … but isn’t it nice to actually see it?

Here you are Spain’s unemployment, still huge, although apparently not out of control anymore. The chart shows it has topped out.

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The UK, Spain and Italy’s borrowing costs have considerably lowered.

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And Japan, the third-largest economy, is little by little overcoming deflation, which has hit them since the 1990s.

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*Check out the rest of the charts in the original piece here.

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