Germany predicts shrinking economy

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BERLIN — The German government has forecast that the country's economy will shrink by 2.25 percent this year. That would be its worst performance since World War II.

The government on Wednesday cut its 2009 forecast sharply from its prediction in mid-October of 0.2 percent growth.

Official data since then have shown a sharp decline in exports — a key driver of the Germany economy, Europe's largest.

The government predicted exports will drop 8.9 percent this year.

The worst postwar annual economic performance to date was a 0.9 percent decline in West Germany's gross domestic product in 1975.

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