The eco-nomy in Ger-many grows. In the se-cond quar-ter there is a plus of 0,3 per-cent. New num-bers show this. Ex-perts thought the plus is on-ly 0,2 per-cent.
Ger-many sells many goods to o-ther coun-tries. This is call-ed ex-port. The ex-ports grow by 2 per-cent. This helps the eco-nomy. The state gi-ves a lot of mo-ney.
The-re are al-so pro-blems. Firms buy few-er new ma-chi-nes. The wea-ther brings wor-ries. Ma-ny ri-vers have lit-tle wa-ter. Ships can-not dri-ve well the-re.