EU’s economy slogging along, BUT!!!

There is always a BUT in these stories. When we read that the US economy is growing very well, we routinely read in the next line, BUT analysist caution that things could change at any moment, or somesuch.

Because, you know, the man in the WH has the wrong letter after his name.

BUT! Since this time, we’re talking about the EU, the BUT is a little different:

Economic growth in the European Union as a whole and the euro zone nations that use the euro currency slowed to 0.3 percent in the second quarter, the EU said Thursday, but growth in the 12 nations using the common currency is expected to pick up by the end of the year.

I guess the which way the BUT falls depends entirely on whether they want to “frame” the news to help or hurt.

UPDATE: EU Rota has interesting info and graphs on Eurozone economies that seem a bit skeptical. Check it out.