Euro back in crisis mode as Davos awaits ECB then Greece ballot
Threat of deflation hovers over the region while governments resist overtures to do more
Paris
THE euro-area economy is back in the cross-hairs of investors.
It is a familiar place for the currency bloc, which spent the past five years struggling for growth, the faith of investors and even its very existence. The latest concerns, that failure to break political logjams dumps the region back into recession and crisis, are propelling the continent back up the worry list of investors, executives and policymakers heading to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos.
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