Germany Pares Back Forecast, Sees Economy Stagnating This Year
Robert Habeck with a graph of Germany's ‘Total Economic Production Potential’ from 2000 to 2025 in Berlin, on April 24.
Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Germany will probably fail to generate even minimal economic growth this year, according to revised government forecasts, a reminder of the scale of the challenge facing conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz when he takes office next month.