Global supply chain bottlenecks yesterday forced the German government to downgrade its growth forecast for this year, as it prepares to hand over the reins of a sputtering economy to the next coalition. Supply chain disruptions and shortages of raw materials, including plastics, metals and paper, have choked off the recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe’s top economy. As a result, the government cut its forecast for GDP growth this year from 3.5 percent to 2.6 percent, German Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier told public broadcaster ZDF. “It wi...