The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the fourth quarter of 2025 - following adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations - after already increasing at the end of 2025 (by a revised +0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter; previously: +0.3%). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that both household and government final consumption expenditure in the first quarter of 2026 were higher than in the previous quarter. Based on the provisional results available, exports were also up.GDP in the first quarter of 2026 ... (full story)