German Economy Ends Year on Solid Footing as Labor Market Booms

Germany’s private sector rounded off its best quarter since 2014, with job creation jumping to a four-year high, Markit Economics said.

A Purchasing Managers’ Index for manufacturing and services suggests economic expansion in Germany accelerated in the final months of the year from the 0.3 percent pace recorded in the July-September period, the London-based company said on Wednesday. A composite gauge for December slipped to 54.9 from