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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s BDI industry association said on Tuesday it expected Europe’s largest economy to grow 3.5% this year after plunging roughly 5% in 2020 but that it wouldn’t be able to return to its pre-pandemic level until next year at the earliest.
FILE PHOTO: The skyline with its financial district is photographed during sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, October 26, 2020, REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
The BDI forecast is less optimistic than the government’s estimates, published in October, in which Berlin predicted gross domestic product to rebound with an expansion rate of 4.4%.
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German inflation roars back and hits 11-month high in Jan
FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German annual consumer prices turned positive and rose by far more than expected in January, the Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday, attributing a rise in sales tax and the minimum wage as factors behind the increase.
Consumer prices, harmonised to make them comparable with inflation data from other European Union countries, rose by 1.6% year-on-year after declining by 0.7% in December.
January’s reading was the highest since 1.7% last February, the Statistics Office told Reuters. It compared with a Reuters forecast for a rise of 0.5%.
Updated / Monday, 25 Jan 2021
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Germany s Ifo institute said its business climate index fell to 90.1 from an upwardly revised reading of 92.2 in December
German business morale slumped to a six-month low in January as a second wave of Covid-19 has brought to a halt a recovery in Europe s largest economy, a survey showed today.
The Ifo institute said its business climate index fell to 90.1 from an upwardly revised reading of 92.2 in December. A Reuters poll had pointed to a January reading of 91.8. The second Corona wave has temporarily ended the recovery of the German economy, Ifo President Clemens Fuest said in a statement.
German business morale slumped to a six-month low in January as a second wave of COVID-19 halted a recovery in Europe's largest economy, which will stagnate in the first quarter, the Ifo economic institute said on Monday.