The European Commission cut its growth forecast for the euro zone as the debt crisis ravages southern Europe and gnaws at the economic performance of export- driven Germany. The 17-nation euro economy will expand 0.1 percent in 2013, down from a May forecast of 1 percent, the Brussels-based commission said today. It cut the forecast for Germany, Europe’s largest economy, to 0.8 percent from 1.7 percent. Europe’s “economy continues to deal with a difficult post- financial crisis correction,” Marco Buti, head of the commission’s economics department, said in a statement. “The distress in more vulnerable member states ... (full story)