26 January 2004, 16:05  Eichel says signs of growth emerging in Germany

LONDON, Jan 26 - German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said on Monday he was confident that signs were now emerging that Europe's largest economy was at last returning to growth after 2003's contraction. "All the latest indicators point to renewed (German) growth," Eichel told a conference in London. He added that this renewed growth, as well as fiscal consolidation, meant that the country's deficit to gross domestic product ratio could be brought back under three percent in 2005. The German economy contracted by 0.1 percent last year, according to provisional data released earlier this month.//

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