Germany’s economy lags as euro-zone production bounces

14 July 2020

 

Summary: euro-zone industrial production bounces after huge falls in March, April; monthly figure better than consensus estimate; annual rate still very negative; German production rises less than the overall rate.    Following a recession in 2009/2010 and the debt-crisis of 2010-2012 which flowed from it, euro-zone industrial production recovered and then reached a peak four years later in early-2016. Growth rates then fell and recovered through 2016/2017 before beginning a...

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