German Economy Ministry: Significant GDP increase is likely in Q3

In its latest report, the German Economy Ministry said that it expected a significant GDP increase in the third quarter of this year, courtesy of the growth in the services sector.

Additional takeaways

“Economic development could proceed sideways in Q4.”

“Bottlenecks in raw material delivery may keep hurting the industry in coming months.”

Separately, the German economic institutes cut the 2021 growth forecast to 2.4% from the 3.7% previous estimate.

Meanwhile, the country’s highly influential institutes raised the 2022 GDP growth forecast from 3.9% to 4.8%.