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6081/Banks-Hungry-for-ECB=-Next-Round-of-Loans-Analysts.html">Banks Hungry for ECB's Next Round=of Loans: Analysts Analysts expect banks =o snap up European Central Bank's second round of long-term refinancing.=But the real test of their strength will not come for another six months.=/P>Read the full story at instituti

markets, which overshadowed the sound economic momentum in the industrialized eco- nomies. In Europe, the economy picked up in 2015 thanks to the European Central Bank's expansionary monetary policy, the depreciation of the euro, and the low oil price. In Germany, consumer spending, in particular, was boosted by the