Shoppers In Berlin As Euro Area Consumer Prices Drop [Getty Images]

A pedestrian passes a Hugo Boss AG fashion clothing store in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. As European Central Bank policy makers gather for their first meeting of 2015 today, the backdrop is a 0.2 percent annual drop in consumer prices, the first in more than five years. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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