Bundesbank predicts strong German growth in H1

Frankfurt

THE German economy, Europe's biggest, will notch up "strong" growth in the first half of 2015, driven by robust exports and buoyant consumer spending, the German central bank or Bundesbank said on Monday.

"The German economy, following surprisingly strong growth at the end of 2014, should have continued to grow strongly in the first quarter of 2015," the Bundesbank wrote in its latest monthly report.