Is corporate deal activity a proxy for confidence? If so, Europe is having an anxiety attack of Edvard Munch proportions. The value of mergers and acquisitions in the region (for European targets) was $380bn in the first nine months of 2013, according to Thomson Reuters data out today. That is the lowest level in the first nine months of any year since 2004, and down a quarter on the same period in 2012.
企业并购活动是信心的晴雨表么？如果答案是肯定的，那么可以说欧洲正面临一场爱德华•蒙克（Edvard Munch，油画家，作品有《尖叫》(The Scream)）式的焦虑。根据汤森路透(Thomson Reuters)今天发布的数据，2013年头9个月欧洲并购规模（以欧洲公司为目标）为3800亿美元。是2004年来同期并购规模最小的一年，比2012年同期少了四分之一。
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