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How Europe’s economies have been impacted by lockdowns

Germany is officially in recession after the country’s statistics agency reported its economy contracted by 2.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020. But the first quarter decline in German economic activity was only half of the declines seen so far in France and Italy.

Does that tell us something about how severe the economic impact is likely to be in different countries across Europe?

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(Source The Independent)