Is some good news local booksellers are thriving right now in germany pandemic really is a page turner. And welcome to the show im Stephen Beard in berlin its good to have you with us and we begin in germany where the pen dimmock is leaving a deeper imprint on the economy than previously thought thats according to a new joint report published by the countrys leading Economic Research institutes theyve downgraded projections made earlier in the year forecasting now that the German Economy will shrink by 5. 4 percent and 20. Thats more than a percentage point worse than the earlier projections but they also predict a slow recovery compared to prior forecasts infection rates are rising again in germany meeting to new business restrictions. And one of the authors of that report joins me now stefan crudes is head of the Forecasting Division at the kill institute for the World Economy stuff and its good to have you with us. First obvious question what is driving this report what is driving t
And furniture is full imagination yet still functional. But we kick off the show with a balancing act of sorts the sport of slacklining or balancing on a high wire is hard enough and requires a great deal of concentration now add the extra challenge of playing an instrument or performing theatrical now by that may sound impossible but this is what a group of french performers are doing a fun high we caught up with them at a church in france for one of their latest shows. Acrobatics at dizzying heights on a high line. It leads to the abbey church of scent and baby and southeastern france. Here the group will do so is putting on a show that combines music dancing acrobatics and puppet theatre with the extreme sports. We used to fashion which is highly i mean to make a scene india so high and. Yet we just want to bring. In the real space to. Play music before. Turning and. Keeping your balance at such heights is already quite upbeat but performing a corny crapshoot team while making music
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German probably will not im often berlin this is the day. You cant fix the economy until you fix the code the crisis i think people across this country are fed up with a time when theyre kind of playing where their next meal is coming from and he has no intention of doing anything about making it better in 47 months than youve done in 47 years just make it Crystal Clear that russia. Is involved. Of course the American People if there is an additional round of stimulus then that would add 2 Percentage Points of growth in 2021 which then would bring the u. S. Much more quickly back to crisis level investors are frustrated that washington cant seem to get its act together to give a package to the country which is sorely needed especially for Small Business before the election. Also coming up french president emanuel saying tough new measures against the spread of covert 19 including strict lockdowns in paris it ok this is you know the decision we have taken is in effect a curfew a curfew