Germany’s BDI lowers 2021 GDP forecast to 3.0% from 3.5%
|Germany’s Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), a powerful industry association, slashes the economic growth forecasts for this year to 3% from 3.5% due to ongoing lockdown measures in Europe's biggest economy.
Additional quotes
“The industry association sees industrial production growth of 8% in 2021.”
“The association raises forecast for export growth to 8.5% from previous forecast of 6%.”
Separately, Germany’s VDMA President Karl Haeusgen said, "we are raising our previous forecast by three percentage points and now expect real production growth of 7% for 2021.”
Market reaction
EUR/USD holds the lower ground below 1.1900 amid broad-based US dollar comeback, as safe-haven flows favor the greenback amid Europe’s struggle with surging covid cases.
The spot was last seen trading at 1.1877, down 0.15% on the day.
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