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German economy to grow by around 0.6 percent in second quarter: Finance Ministry
reuters.com ^ | JULY 20, 2017 | Reuters

Posted on 07/19/2017 8:45:57 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy is humming and set for solid growth despite external risks such as the unknown outcome of Brexit negotiations and U.S. President Donald Trump's future trade policies, the German Finance Ministry said on Thursday.

"The current picture of economic indicators suggests that the economic upswing continued vigorously in the second quarter," the ministry said in its monthly report, pointing to rising industrial output and buoyant business morale.

German gross domestic product (GDP) likely expanded in the second quarter by a similar rate as in the previous three months when the economy grew by 0.6 percent on the quarter, it said.

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TOPICS: Germany
KEYWORDS: eupropaganda; europe; germany; merkel

1 posted on 07/19/2017 8:45:58 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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[[German economy to grow by around 0.6 percent in second quarter: Finance Ministry]]

That’s because there has been a flood of psychologists employed in the last few years to deal with all the victims of rapes and attacks


2 posted on 07/19/2017 8:50:34 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Berlin_Freeper
0.6% per quarter is 2.42% for the year. Much better than the past few years.
3 posted on 07/19/2017 8:51:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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but but but germany is in free fall collapse because of of of really scary fake news stories


4 posted on 07/19/2017 8:51:58 PM PDT by vooch (America First)
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'Ich heisse Catherine': Kate practices her German with the locals - after apologising to Chancellor Angela Merkel for not speaking the language
5 posted on 07/19/2017 8:58:50 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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Morgan Stanley ‘to create post-Brexit hub in Germany’
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-07-19/morgan-stanley-to-create-post-brexit-hub-in-germany/


6 posted on 07/19/2017 9:01:56 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: KarlInOhio

2.42% GDP is good for Europe. Weak for the US (when we don’t have a fellow named Obama as POTUS).


7 posted on 07/19/2017 9:27:44 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government.)
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Good growth....if it’s true


8 posted on 07/20/2017 3:18:32 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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