Berlin warns on plunging output

Article reports that the German economy could shrink by more than 5% in 2009, Peer Steinbrück, the country’s finance minister, said on the 22 April 2009, pouring cold water on talk of an imminent return to positive growth.

Deutsche Welle, 22.4.09: German chancellor hosts economic crisis summit http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4196556,00.html

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