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- German Gross Domestic Product arrives at 0% QoQ in Q1 vs. 0.2% expected
German Gross Domestic Product arrives at 0% QoQ in Q1 vs. 0.2% expected
- German economy skirted a technical recession in the first quarter of 2023.
- EUR/USD keeps losses near 1.1000 on the downbeat German GDP data.
The German economy showed no growth on a quarterly basis in the first quarter of 2023, according to the preliminary data published by Germany's Destatis on Friday. The market consensus was for a 0.2% clip. The euro area’s economic powerhouse contracted by 0.4% in the fourth quarter of last year.
Germany’s annualized Gross Domestic Product shrank 0.1%, down sharply from 0.9% recorded in the final quarter of 2022, and missed the market expectation of 0.3%.
Meanwhile, German unemployment rose more than expected by 24,000 in April. The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate remained stable at 5.6%.
Market reaction
The Euro is under renewed selling on the downbeat German data, with EUR/USD losing 0.34% on the day to test daily lows near 1.0985, at the time of writing.
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