The source of this slow growth was a decline in productivity growth, which resulted from structural rigidities that hinder Europe from riding on the waves of the IT revolution.

• 这种低增长的源头，是生产率增长的下降，这是结构僵化导致的结果，这种僵化阻碍了欧洲利用信息革命浪潮发展的进程。