Leading economic institutes raise German GDP growth forecast to 2.2 pct this year, 2.0 pct in 2019

  • German upswing losing some momentum as economic capacity becomes scarce - economic institutes
  • German consumer prices to rise from 1.7 pct this year to 1.9 pct next year - economic institutes
  • ECb unlikely to raise interest rates before end of 2019, bond buying programme to end this year - economic institutes
  • US tariffs on steel and aluminium won't have much impact on German exports if they go into effect on May 1 - economic institutes
  • Escalation of trade dispute would significantly impact German exports - economic institutes

via Reuters

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