Not improving..
Germany's economy avoided a recession at the end of 2018, and analysts expected to see improvement this year. But the picture likely got worse at the start of 2019, according to data released Friday. The Ifo Institute for Economic Research's survey of sentiment in the German economy tanked to a four-year low in February. It "held no good news" for the economy, with one analyst saying that Germany is now close to being pushed "over the edge."
Germany economy: Data worsens at start of 2019 after horrible end to year - Business Insider
If the second half of 2018 provided isolated evidence that global growth had peaked, the data since the turn of the year has been unambiguous: all of the world’s major economies look weaker than they did 12 months ago. Britain grew by just 0.2% in the final three months of 2018, as did the eurozone. And Italy is suffering its fifth recession in two decades. Spending by American consumers in December was weak, but perhaps of more significance was the sharp pull-back in manufacturing in January, which fits with a picture of declining factory output elsewhere. In the winter of 2008, crashing industrial production and a contraction in trade flows were signs of the depth of the global slump. Ominously, both are again weak.
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