worries about germany s economic a big one for the first time in years the economy is shrinking but is it just a blip poi s sign of a real slowdown meanwhile germany s fourteen by when it comes to auto official intelligence potentially costing the country trillions of euros. things are getting critical for industrial companies along the banks of the river rhine low water levels caused by this honest lack of rain are severely hampering shipping on germany s most important waterway. this is your business update on how the homefront and by lynn thanks for joining me the economy here in germany shrank by zero point two percent in the third quarter more than analysts had expected and stifled by global trade disputes and problems in germany s car
industry that it is being seen as a wake up call that stable growth is by no means guaranteed. exports were down and imports up in the third quarter that s trouble for an economy built on strong exports a major part of the problem has been a bott