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๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German economy grows 0.2% in Q3 against 0.1% expected, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy stalls, German state inflation cools sharply

October 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Pardip Bansal

๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German economy grows 0.2% in Q3 against 0.1% expected, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy stalls, German state inflation cools sharply

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German GDP rose 0.2% on the quarter in the Q3 flash, above the 0.1% expected, after 0.3% in Q2; the annual rate was 1.2% against 1.1% forecast (Destatis, newswires, )
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy's economy flatlined in Q3, with GDP unchanged on the quarter against 0.1% growth expected, and annual growth slowed to 0.8% from 1.0% (Istat, newswires, )

FO view: Germany's beat offsets France's contraction and Italy's stall, but cooling German state prices cut against the hotter French print, which tempers the case for a December ECB hike as the energy shock hits growth more than core prices.

Not investment advice.

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