Not just Germany…it’s a worldwide contraction. The real economy is shrinking. The financial economy is the only one growing.1% of the world owns 43% of the assets. All the growth numbers you hear have nothing to do w real people. Here in the USA salaries adjusted for inflation have not risen.

True. The economic/GDP growth politicians love to keep bringing up has little to do with people's actual prosperity as most of that economic growth gets captured in the pockets of the top 1-10% with little trickle down.

That's why working class people are angry and feel broke despite the constant "line goes up" narrative.