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TEHRAN, August 14 - The German economy accelerated slightly in the second quarter to grow by 0.5 percent compared with the previous three-month period, official data showed Tuesday, performing a little better than economists had expected.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Germany's economy, Europe's biggest, grew 0.4 percent in the first quarter — a figure that was revised upward Tuesday from the initial reading of 0.3 percent given in May.
Economists had forecast a 0.4 percent increase this time.
Its performance in the April-June period was helped by higher private and government spending and by increased investment in equipment and construction, the Federal Statistical Office said. Rising exports were outpaced by increasing imports.
The figure underlined the German economy's continuing robust performance, with business confidence high and unemployment low despite some disappointing data on factory orders this year and concern about global trade tensions.
It has now grown for 34 of the past 37 quarters, said Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING in Frankfurt, but he cautioned that "the challenges facing the German economy will increase rather than decrease."
Source: AP
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