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EPISODE · Jan 15, 2024 · 5 MIN

Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on the slowing economic development in Germany and the possible recession it faces in 2024

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Economic development in Germany has come to a halt.  High inflation, rising interest rates, and weak global demand has come home to roost, the final quarter of 2023 seeing a 0.3% decrease.  Europe Correspondent Catherine Field told Tim Dower that a recession is possibly on the cards for 2024, which itself is not off to a good start.  She said that Germany has started the year with a hole in the budget the shape of approximately $30 billion NZD.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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