German Economy Expands, Driven by Private Consumption, Exports
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Growth in the German economy, Europe's largest, accelerated in the first quarter, led by consumer spending and exports, giving the European Central Bank more leeway to raise interest rates.
Gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services, expanded 0.4 percent from the fourth quarter, when it stalled, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said, confirming an initial estimate from May 11. Private consumption rose 0.6 from the last quarter when it declined a revised 0.5. That's the fastest expansion since the quarter ending December 2004.
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