The fact that the his??tor??i??cally low inter??est rates and other var??i??ous stim??u??lus mea??sures taken by the ECB are actu??ally help??ing Ger??man firms more than P.I.I.G.S. cor??po??ra??tions also high??lights another inter??est??ing char??ac??ter??is??tic of euro??zone econ??omy: The ???inter??nal deval??u??a??tion??? of the P.I.I.G.S.???s economies that the Bun??des??bank is con??tin??u