German, Euro zone GDP Q2 2025
18 July 2025, Bremen, Bremerhaven: Containers are handled at the overseas port.
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The Euro Zone Economy has achieved a better growth of 0.1% than expected in the second quarter, and the Eurostat’s flash data on Wednesday compared to the previous three -month stretch.
Economists participating in the survey by Reuters, after the expansion of 0.6% in the first quarter, waited for the Euro zone to grow to Flatline during the period.
“The slowdown in the growth of Euro-Zone GDP in the second quarter was no surprise because the increase in the front of the front,” Capital Economics Baş Euro Regional Economist Deputy Regional Economist, “in the second quarter, was not surprised. He said.
“In general, the data shows that the euro zone is resistant to changes in US trade policy.
The US tariffs and effects were the biggest concern for European economies this year. US President Donald Trump’s so -called mutual tariffs entered into force as the second quarter in April.
However, the tasks were temporarily decreased, but the last few months have been involved in the last few months, as negotiations were continuing for the trade agreement. Some high sectoral tariffs, including automobiles and steel and aluminum, have also entered into force.
At the weekend, the European Union accepted a trade framework, which includes the implementation of 15% tariffs to the Block with the US. Some goods will be exempted and the taxes on the automobile are reduced to the starting level.
German economic contracts
In the early hours of Wednesday, the preliminary data of the Statistical Agency Destatis showed that production from Germany, the largest economy of the European Union, was slightly shrinking in the second quarter of 2025 in the last three months.
The figure set for price, calendar and seasonal variations pointed to a sharp slowdown compared to the expectations of the analysts destroyed by Reuters and revised in the first quarter compared to 0.3% expansion.
Destatis data was lower than the previous three -month period in the second quarter of machinery and equipment and investments in construction, while private and government consumption expenditures increased.
