The European Commission's Mr. Barnier also said his group was looking at options for structural changes in the banking sector, including the Volcker rule and the recent Vickers report in the U.K., which recommended ring-fencing, or roping off, bank's domestic retail deposits from the rest of their operations.

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But another group believes that the American economy is plagued by structural imbalances which could continue to constrain growth even after the war is over.

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