Germany braces for historic quarterly GDP decline on coronavirus hit

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The German economy suffered a record slump in the second quarter as coronavirus lockdowns took their toll, official data is set to show Thursday, ...

Stable infection rates encouraged the country to relax coronavirus restrictions in early May, allowing factories, shops and restaurants to reopen."The economy already began picking up in the course of the second quarter."

Altmaier's ministry forecasts that German output will contract by 6.3 per cent in 2020 before expanding by 5.2 per cent in 2021. As an export powerhouse, Germany is highly vulnerable to virus setbacks in other countries that could lead to renewed shutdowns that once again disrupt supply chains and suppress demand.

Car manufacturing alone fell 40 per cent year-on-year over the first six months of 2020, a 45-year low.

 

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