German imports jump

On the imports side, the picture was even stronger – good for Germany and its European trading partners whose economies benefit in the German slipstream. Imports soared 31.7pc to 72.4bn euros, the Destatis statistics office said, the all-time record since figures were first compiled in 1950.

Don't overreact to one report, of course, but that is better than virtually everyone was expecting.  The standard line had been that Germany's export prowess, combined with a longer-term move toward a near-balanced budget, was sucking air out of the global economy.

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