Economics
Germany Can Keep Spending to Contend With Pandemic, Merkel Says
People shop at a market during the coronavirus pandemic Berlin.
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Germany will be able to continue to spend “large sums” next year to contend with the economic fallout from the pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said as the country’s parliament prepares to vote on the federal budget next week.