He c. E. O. Of verizon, Hans Vestberg as we proceed throughout the hour. Francine european economies are starting to claw their way out of recession and we had encouraging p. P. I. Physician and the confident p. M. I. Jumped to 54. 8 with the services and manufacturing sectors expanding. Joining us now from paris is william, the Bnp Paribas Group chief economist. It feels like this was a good week for europe. We have the p. M. I. More than expected and the Recovery Fund. If you look at job losses theyre going to get ugly in europe. William that is a concern i have if you look at the p. M. I. Data today. What strike is that yes, manufacturing significantly and new export levels in germany are just flying but the employment series is showing that companies are under no intention whatsoever to increase hiring and on the contrary. Thats a concern. Its a concern because the recovery will depend on what households do, how much they spend and they need confidence. Alix what is going to give t
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