Economic downturn somewhat less than expected

2020-08-25T06:28:11.074Z

Wiesbaden (dpa) - Economic output in Germany fell a little less sharply than initially calculated during the Corona crisis. The gross domestic product (GDP) shrank in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter by 9.7 percent, as the Federal Statistical Office announced on Tuesday. In a first estimate, the Wiesbaden authority had assumed minus 10.1 percent.