Germany GDP grew 1.5% qoq in Q2, below expectation of 2.0% qoq. Comparing to Q2 2020, GDP was up a price-adjusted 9.6% and a a price- and calendar-adjusted 9.2%. GDP was still -3.4% lower compared to Q2 2019, before the pandemic.
Destatis said, “after the coronavirus crisis had caused another decline in economic performance at the beginning of 2021 (-2.1% in the first quarter, according to most recent calculations), the German economy recovered in the second quarter. This was mainly due to higher household and government final consumption expenditure.”
