2.5% growth for 2006 is not a slowdown but a significant acceleration over the 0.9% Germany reported in 2005. You mixed that up with the Q3 numbers which were down from Q2. But Q2 was an unusually strong quarter due to the football world cup and nobody expected that performance to continue.
Last edited by Nexus6; Nov 23, 2006 at 9:10 PM.
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