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The German economy, the largest in the EU, contracted between April and June, as a global slowdown dented demand for its exports while Brexit also played a part.  Despite the contraction, in the euro zone as a whole output still rose 0.2 per cent, in line with the first official estimate.  …

Taken by itself, a 0.2 per cent contraction of UK GDP between April and June would not be a major concern. But the alarm bells should be ringing with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) alerting about a “slowing in the underlying figures” combined with concerns about the government’s economic policy. …