In the second quarter of 2019, the real (price-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) was down 0.1% from the preceding quarter, after adjustment for seasonal and calendar variations. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported in its first release of 14 August 2019, Germany experienced a slight decline in economic performance. In the first quarter of 2019, the German economy had grown by 0.4%.The development of foreign trade slowed down economic growth in the second quarter of 2019. After seasonal and calendar adjustment,price-adjusted exports were down 1.3% from the preceding quarter, markedly more than ... (full story)