Germany Weighs Down European Growth - Geopolitical Futures

Germany Weighs Down European Growth - Geopolitical Futures

(click to enlarge) The euro area posted modest economic growth in the last quarter of 2024, with seasonally adjusted gross domestic product rising 0.2 percent from the previous quarter. The broader EU outpaced it slightly, growing by 0.4 percent. Employment also increased, up 0.1 percent in the euro area and 0.3 percent in the EU. Germany, however, remains a weak link. Its GDP contracted by 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter, reversing the 0.1 pe…