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Uncertain Futures - Predicting Economic Growth

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?

https://p.dw.com/p/16R5K

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