A employee on the Siemens gasoline turbine manufacturing facility in Berlin, Germany.
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The German economic system stagnated within the fourth quarter as each non-public consumption and state spending misplaced momentum, preliminary knowledge confirmed on Friday.
On the 12 months, gross home product in Europe’s largest economic system expanded by 0.4% from October via December after a 0.6% enlargement within the earlier three months, seasonally adjusted figures from the Federal Statistics Workplace confirmed.
Analysts polled by Reuters had anticipated a 0.1% enlargement quarter-on-quarter and a 0.4% enlargement year-on-year in seasonally adjusted phrases.