[lbo-talk] German 2009 growth to be just above zero -Steinbrueck

[uvj at vsnl.com]

German 2009 growth to be just above zero -Steinbrueck
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSBAT00243620081015

Wed Oct 15, 2008

BERLIN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economic growth will be slightly above
zero in 2009, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said in an interview
published on Wednesday.

"We'll set the growth target for next year as just above zero," he told Die
Zeit newspaper. "The last estimate was for 0.9 percent. We can't fool
ourselves. There's no point in putting on rose-tinted glasses."

(Writing by Erik Kirschbaum)

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