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Economic Sentiment For Germany at 4-Year High

Optimism about the Germany economy rose again this month to its highest level since October 2009, according to the Center for European Research (ZEW). The center's confidence index for the eurozone advanced 1.1 points to 60.2 month-to-month.
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Optimism about the Germany economy rose again this month to its highest level since October 2009, according to the Center for European Research (ZEW).

The center's confidence index for the eurozone advanced 1.1 points to 60.2 month-to-month. ZEW's index for Germany grew 1.8 points to 54.6.

Both improvements were driven by increasing optimism about the future economic health of both regions. ZEW's indicators for the current economic situation in the eurozone and Germany slipped 0.7 points to -61.6 and 1 point to +28.7, respectively.

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