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    7 hours ago

    Hard to take the Economist serious when the economy is doing just as good as last year, or the year before.

    Yes, there is a long overdue structural adjustment ongoing that is hampering additional growth, but all in all the German economy is doing well. A +/- 0.x % growth is not going from “bad to worse” at all.

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        5 hours ago

        While I agree that a stimulus package in selected industries would be good, overall GDP growth is a very poor way of measuring economic health. Even the OP article admits as much by showing that it is only a very selected number of “energy intensive industries” that is pulling the otherwise not badly performing economy to near zero growth levels.

        Edit: not sure why you deleted your comment…