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Germany: Detailed gross domestic product results for the 4th quarter of 2017
The German economy continued to grow at the end of 2017. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) already reported in its first release of 14 February 2018, the gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6% – upon price, seasonal and calendar adjustment – in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter. The economic situation in Germany in 2017 was characterised by steady and strong growth (+0.9% in the first quarter, +0.6% in the second quarter and +0.7% in the third quarter). For the whole year of 2017, this was an increase of 2.2% (calendar-adjusted: +2.5%), as reported by the Federal ... (full story)