German economy in Q4 grows less than forecast, weighed down by trade
Frankfurt
GERMAN growth accelerated less than anticipated in the fourth quarter as strong fundamentals in Europe's largest economy were countered by increased uncertainty abroad.
Gross domestic product (GDP) rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.4 per cent in the three months through December, according to the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden, which had earlier predicted that the economy expanded about half a per cent. The rate is below the 0.5 per cent forecast in a Bloomberg survey. The figure for the third quarter was revised lower to 0.1 per cent.
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