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German economy contracts 0.2% in 2024 in second consecutive annual slowdown

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Germany 's economy had already contracted by 0.3% in 2023 .

The drop was in line with the expectations of economists polled by Reuters .

The European Commission and a group of Germany 's leading economic institutes had both forecast a 0.1% dip in the German GDP in 2024 .

Germany also released an early first reading of the gross domestic product in the fourth quarter .

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English

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