Leading economic institutes more than halved their growth forecasts for Germany on Wednesday, warning that the energy shock caused by the Middle East war would hit Europe's top economy hard.
A group of leading institutes slashed their joint growth forecast for 2026 to 0.6 percent, down from a September prediction of 1.3 percent.
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