Germany's trade surplus narrowed in October as import growth outstripped that of exports, a traditional mainstay of Europe's biggest economy, according to AP. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that the country's foreign trade surplus totaled 16.8 billion euros ($23 billion), compared with 18.8 billion euros a month earlier. German exports were up 0.2 percent from September in seasonally and calendar-adjusted terms at 92.9 billion euros. Economists had predicted a 0.5 percent decline. Still, there was a sharper increase in imports, which rose 2.9 percent to 76.1 billion euros after falling the previous month.
