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Posted on October 4, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleGermany's economy ministry revises 2025 growth forecast to 0.2%, reflecting slight optimism amid global challenges.
(Corrects headline to say 0.2% [not 0.25%])
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's economy ministry revised its growth forecast for this year up to 0.2% from an earlier forecast of zero, a source familiar with the forecasts told Reuters.
The ministry forecasts 1.3% growth for next year and 1.4% growth for 2027.
Europe's largest economy has registered little growth at all since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the launch of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
(Reporting by Holger Hansen, writing by Thomas Escritt, editing by Kirsti Knolle, Alexandra Hudson)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the total economic output of a country, representing the value of all finished goods and services produced within its borders in a specific time period.
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