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German economy growth forecasts halved
German Federal Economy Minister Katherina Reiche has halved the country's 2026 economic growth forecast to 0.5% due to energy price shocks triggered by the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has also pushed inflation expectations up to 2.8% amid soaring costs for energy and food. Reiche stresses the need for urgent structural reforms to boost German competitiveness, rejects market interventions like windfall taxes on oil firms (contrasting with Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil), and warns of long-term public finance risks from debt-driven government investment that could divert funds from social services and pensions.
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8 tagsGerman economic growth forecastenergy price shockUS-Israeli war against Iraninflation in Germanystructural economic reformswindfall taxpublic finance stabilityGerman competitiveness
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