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German economy recorded robust start to fourth quarter, says ministry
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Germany's economy started Q4 2025 robustly, despite declining business expectations and consumer sentiment, according to the economy ministry.
BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy appears to have had a robust start to the fourth quarter of 2025 based on current indicators, even as business expectations and consumer sentiment somewhat deteriorated, said the economy ministry in its monthly report.
"At the end of the year, the German economy continues to find itself in a tension between a challenging external economic environment on the one hand and a gradual domestic stabilization on the other," said the ministry in its report published Monday.
(Writing by Miranda Murray, editing by Kirsti Knolle)
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