Euro zone plans no joint fiscal stimulus, but ready if economy gets worse
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are not planning any joint fiscal stimulus to complement the European Central Bank's monetary package, but they are ready to act if the economy takes a turn for the worse, their chairman said on Friday. Economic growth in the 19 countries sharing the euro halved to 0.2% in the second quarter compared with the first. The euro zone's biggest economy, Germany, is on the brink of a recession, contracting 0.1% in that period.ECB President Mario Draghi..