Economics
German Business Index at Five-Month Low in Pre-Election Verdict
- Vote on Sunday will determine new stewardship of economy
- All three main gauges from Ifo think tank dropped in September
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German business confidence fell to a five-month low in September amid a “bottleneck recession” for industry just before voters redraw the political makeup of Europe’s biggest economy in the era after Chancellor Angela Merkel.