Germany just avoids technical recession, Ahead of the ECB podcast
Commentary: Germany just avoids technical recession
By Carsten Brzeski in Frankfurt
Germany narrowly escaped a technical recession at the end of 2018. Growth came in at zero, from minus 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in September. This performance was the result of too many one-offs, surfacing structural weaknesses and external uncertainties. However, it is not necessarily the end of a long positive cycle. Economic fundamentals remain...