French and German Economies in Role Reversal
February 14, 2013 at 01:57 AM EST
Germany's economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2012, its deepest contraction since the height of the global financial crisis in 2009 as exports slowed at the end of the year, seasonally-adjusted data showed on Thursday, while the French economy contracted 0.3 percent.