[alexander_busek]

I believe you. But isn’t good growth like 3 percent or more?

Exactly right.

Remember Sowell's three golden questions, including "Compared to what?"

Yes, compared to the miserable (annualized!) growth of 0.4% in the last quarter of 2016, growth has now risen by FIFTY PERCENT!

To a somewhat less-miserable 0.6% per annum.

Compared to long-term trends, the German economy is just limping along.

Regards,

[Berlin_Freeper]

I’ll happily take 0.6% GDP quarterly growth along with record low unemployment, balanced federal budget and record trade surplus.

You need to show me a single news item of people in Germany complaining about the economy. Let alone being somewhat miserable.