Most economic forecasters currently expect the German economy to grow by between 1 and 2 percent in 2010 -- an excessively pessimistic outlook given recent economic indicators, which suggest growth may exceed two percent next year.
This is partly due to Germany's strength in exports. In 2009, Germany was initially affected more severely than other nations by the global economic downturn because of the sharp decline in world trade and because it specializes in sectors that were among the worst hit, such as auto manufacturing and engineering.
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