Benner, Joachim; Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Meier, Carsten-Patrick - 2005
rates very soon. Real GDP growth will amount to 2.0 percent in 2006, and the unemployment rate will drop to 8.3 percent …. Inflation will remain slightly below 2 percent in both years. The situation of public finances has deteriorated further. In 2004 …, the aggregated budget deficit rose to 2.9 percent of GDP, compared to 2.7 percent last year. In addition to Germany …