2018-11-14
 
The Federal Economic Statistics Office announced that Germany's economic output shrank for the first time in three and a half years.
 
According to the Bild newspaper, according to the office, "GDP fell by 0.2 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter due to weak exports and low consumer spending."
 
Economists pointed out that part of the problem is increasingly due to trade conflicts fueled by the United States, pointing out that German economic growth is likely to lose more strength