Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Germany's economy slowed to six-year-low in 2019

Germany's economy grew by just 0.6 per cent in 2019 over the previous year -  its lowest level in six years.

The data comes ahead of a US-China trade agreement due to be signed later today, which is expected to be an important step towards easing the global trade tensions which have exacerbated the slowdown of Europe's largest economy.

Our correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports from Frankfurt.

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