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Germany raises 2011 growth view as consumers spend
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 14 - 04 - 2011

Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- Germany's government hiked its growth forecast for 2011 on Thursday, saying rising spending among consumers less worried about losing their jobs marked a turning point that had put the expansion on a strong footing, according to Reuters.
Berlin said it now saw growth of 2.6 percent compared with earlier expectations of 2.3 percent, also forecasting numbers of Germans in work would hit a record 41 million in 2012 while households' disposable income would rise by 3.3 percent this year and next.
The predictions will serve as the basis for tax revenue estimates due in mid-May.
"Germany's almost traditional weakness in domestic consumption has been overcome. Growth in private consumption is significantly over that of the past decades," Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle told a media briefing.
Europe's largest economy recovered faster than expected from its deepest post World War Two recession and economic indicators show it is on a strong growth path, shrugging off the sovereign debt crisis affecting other parts of the euro zone.
"People have regained their confidence in the future," Bruederle said.
Based on assumptions of crude oil at an average of $115 per barrel, consumer prices will rise 2.4 percent in 2011, moderating to 1.9 percent inflation in 2012, the government said.
It forecast 2012 growth at 1.8 percent and said it expected growth to average around 1.75 percent per year through 2015.
STRONG BASE
The growth upgrade puts the government's estimate closer to that of the country's top economic research institutes, which point to 2.8 percent growth in 2011 and 2.0 percent in 2012.
Investor morale has weakened in recent weeks due to Japan's twin catastrophes and unrest in the Middle East, but concrete indicators continue to point to strong growth.
Earlier in April, the government reported growth in industrial orders and production data for February that far exceeded expectations. It also said unemployment fell in March to its lowest level in two decades.
Imports are also booming. In the two months to February, imports from countries in the European Union rose 21.2 percent in unadjusted terms compared with the same period in 2010.
Economists have identified the main risks to continued growth as rising energy prices, unrest in the Arab region, the nuclear disaster in Japan and the euro zone sovereign debt crisis.
For a table of updated government forecasts, see .
For a Reuters poll on Germany's growth prospects, see .


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