German business confidence improved in April despite trade tariff uncertainty weighing on expectations, survey results from the the Munich-based ifo Institute revealed on Thursday.
The ifo business climate index rose to 86.9 points from 86.7 points in March. The score was forecast to fall to 85.1.
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