Economy
German economy remains in So –
The German economy has at the end of the year 2015 your rate of growth held. The gross domestic product rose in the fourth quarter compared to the previous quarter by 0.3 percent. Similar to the development in the entire Euro-Zone.
The German economy has, thanks to the good domestic market and its pace of growth at the end of the year 2015 held. The gross domestic product grew from October to December once again by 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter, as the Federal Statistical office. By Reuters surveyed Economists had anticipated this. “The economic situation in Germany was in the year 2015 with a solid and steady economic growth,” explained the statistician. 2015 grew Europe’s biggest economy to 1.7 percent and thus not as strong as four years ago, not more.
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Positive impulses came to the end of the year from the country: The government increased its spending significantly, among other things, because he is for the supply and Integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees a lot of money into the Hand take. The consumer spending of the consumers also contributed to growth. “In addition, also developed the investment positive,” said the Federal office. In buildings is “significantly more” has been invested. As a brake turned out to be the exports. The slowdown of large emerging economies such as China and the destabilization of the Oil-price decline weakened Förderstaaten such as Russia dampened exports.
Euro-Zone total in Plus
The economy of the Euro Zone is the maue of the global economy, slightly better off than the United States. The gross domestic product (GDP) rose from October to December again to 0.3 percent in the preceding quarter, said the statistical office Eurostat on Friday. By Reuters surveyed Economists had this value predicted at this time. For comparison: The world’s largest economy USA made at the end of the year only a Plus of 0.2 percent.
The Wachstumsgefälle within the monetary Union, however, remains very large. The Greek economy is approximately shrank in the final quarter to 0.6 percent. However, put Spain up by 0.8 percent. Europe’s largest economy, Germany managed 0.3 per cent average growth, while France as the number two of the monetary Union to 0.2 per cent.
Inflation picks up
The prices in Germany rose at the beginning of something more. Goods and services cost in January an average of 0.5 percent over a year earlier, as the Federal Statistical office on Friday confirmed. This is the highest inflation rate since may 2015. In December, it was – like for the full year 2015 to 0.3 percent.
The reason for the increase was that energy is less strongly reduced than in the past few months and Inflation is no longer so heavily dampened. So, the energy prices in January only to 5.8 percent. “In the last few months the decline in prices gradually weakened,” explained the statistician. In September 2015, for example, had it here a decline of 9.3 percent.
hb/stu (rtr, dpa)