Germany’s reputation as the healthy man of Europe has been reinforced by better-than-expected growth in gross domestic product (GDP – click here for an explanation) for the second quarter, as growth contracted in the broader euro zone.
Reichstag Parliment building, Berlin, Germany
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On Tuesday morning, euro zone GDP data for the second quarter shrank by 0.2 percent, as predicted by analysts polled by Reuters.
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy grew by 0.3 percent between April and July – not a huge leap, but better than most of the euro zone – as its export strength continued.
"Germany
shows to some degree the way forward to other countries,” Daniel Morris, global strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, told CNBC Europe’s "
