German economy ministry revises 2025 growth forecast up slightly to 0.25% – source

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s economy ministry revised its growth forecast for this year up to 0.2% from an earlier forecast of zero, a source familiar with the forecasts told Reuters.

The ministry forecasts 1.3% growth for next year and 1.4% growth for 2027.

Europe’s largest economy has registered little growth at all since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the launch of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

(Reporting by Holger Hansen, writing by Thomas Escritt, editing by Kirsti Knolle, Alexandra Hudson)