Data set to be released this week will probably show unemployment holding at less than half the rate in the euro region, which has had nine consecutive quarters of growth.
A splintering of the euro region would leave authorities rushing to avoid capital flight, a default-inducing surge in bond yields and bank runs in the remaining fiscally-stretched nations.
The mainland economy, which strips out oil and gas production, has expanded an average 2.6 percent over the past decade, compared with 1.1 percent in the euro region.
The way these countries, the most developed ones, especially in the euro region in the last year, have reacted to the crisis with monetary expansion has produced a monetary tsunami.
Core inflation in the euro region, which strips out volatile elements such as food and energy, was at 0.7 per cent, down from 1 per cent in the prior month.