WEBVTT

00:00:02.950 --> 00:00:06.000
A group of five leading German think tanks have slashed

00:00:06.009 --> 00:00:10.210
their economic growth forecasts for Germany this year from 1.3%

00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:13.960
down to 0.1. The group said that a slow

00:00:13.970 --> 00:00:16.638
recovery would begin in the spring although it would be

00:00:16.649 --> 00:00:26.870
sluggish in Deutschland, Ist Eine Lets, Mitchen Wacht

00:00:28.978 --> 00:00:37.298
, Sreten Ein here in the UK und Strole Fen

00:00:45.658 --> 00:00:49.560
Europe's largest economy has struggled with energy costs soaring since

00:00:49.569 --> 00:00:53.329
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and stubbornly high inflation, the

00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:57.200
prospects appear better for 2025 with experts predicting growth of

00:00:57.209 --> 
1.4%.