In the early 2000s, the complaints were similar...We missed that underneath the surface many things were changing,” says Jens Ulbrich, chief economist at the Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank. Back then,

Germany's long-awaited economic recovery has been postponed once again, as the government cut its forecasts for this year amid trade tensions and growing domestic uncertainty over the upcoming election.

Pessimism is increasing in the German export industry at the start of the year, according to research conducted by the Munich-based ifo Institute. The monthly export expectations surveyed by the institute have deteriorated further this month,

Europe’s economy stagnated late last year as its former growth engine, Germany, finished a second straight year of shrinking output.

The German government slashed its gross domestic product expectations Wednesday, saying it was now forecasting just 0.3% growth in 2025.

The eurozone economy stagnated in the fourth quarter as political instability weighed heavily on the region’s two biggest countries, offsetting better performance elsewhere.