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15 Jan 2019, 11:59
Julian Wettengel

Drought and new car emissions test dampen German GDP growth in 2018 – ministry

Low water levels after the prolonged summer drought and sluggish car sales resulting from the switch to the new WLTP emissions test procedure have contributed to the German economy growing less than expected in 2018, . However, the “one-off WLTP effect” is gradually coming to an end, the BMWi says. by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the price-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) was 1.5 percent higher in 2018 than in the previous year.

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