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Uncertain Futures - Predicting Economic Growth

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October 16, 2012

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future" - no one knows exactly who said this, but it's usually attributed to German theater performer Karl Valentin or Mark Twain. But one thing is clear: all the fall assessments of recent years have missed the mark. So what's to be made of this year's report?

It predicts that next year, even Germany's normally robust economy will be hit by the euro crisis.