German economy grew by 1.5% in 2014, figures show

The German economy grew by 1.5% in 2014, figures show


Berlin (AFP) - The German economy, Europe's biggest, braved global economic storms to expand 1.5 percent in 2014, better than the government had expected, a flash estimate showed on Thursday.


And Germany's public finances were in order too, with the overall public budget showing a surplus equivalent to 0.4 percent of gross domestic product, the federal statistics office Destatis said in a statement.


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