German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Thursday, “GDP data have shown surprisingly negative signals.”
“Weak economic dynamics are a task for politicians,” he added.
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The Euro is struggling near monthly troughs following the discouraging German data. The EUR/USD pair is losing 0.26% on the day to trade at 1.0723, as of writing.