In many of the new Member States, particularly in the Baltic States, the robustness of domestic demand also reflected the significant growth in private consumption, which was supported by gains in real disposable income associated with vigorous wage increases and improvements in the labour market. ###>En revanche, le Danemark et Malte ont été dans la situation inverse, en dépit de l'amorce de reprise constatée dans ces pays par rapport aux faibles taux de croissance enregistrés en 2003.