German Exports Increased in August on Euro-Area Recovery

German exports rose in August amid signs the economic recovery is continuing in the euro area, the country’s biggest trading partner.

Exports, adjusted for working days and seasonal changes, increased 1 percent from July, when they decreased a revised 0.8 percent, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said today. Economists forecast a gain of 1.1 percent, according to the median of 16 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. Imports rose 0.4 percent from July.