The German economy expanded slightly less than estimated in the third quarter on weak investment and exports, revised data from Destatis showed on Thursday.
Gross domestic product grew 1.7 percent sequentially in the third quarter, instead of 1.8 percent estimated on October 29.
Destatis said the recovery of the German economy thus continued in summer, after the GDP had grown by 2.0 percent in the second quarter.
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