Output sees Germany out of ‘hibernation’
Production in Germany jumped 2.8 per cent in March, seasonally adjusted from the previous month, Economy Ministry data showed yesterday, recovering from a revised 0.3 per cent decline in February.
The figures were well above the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll for a 0.8 per cent rise, and overshot the highest forecast of a 2.4 per cent increase.
“Hibernation has ended,” said Carsten Brzeski at ING Bank.
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Hide Ad“While almost all other eurozone countries are currently caught in the downward spiral of austerity measures, deleveraging and economic reforms, the German economy is still enjoying the results of earlier structural reforms,” he said.
The jump in output followed a steep rise in industrial orders in March.