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German Ifo Survey (Apr.)

The fall in the Ifo Business Climate Index for April, which was largely due to a decline in the reading for the manufacturing sector to its lowest level since 2012, is further evidence that Germany’s industrial recession has dragged on into the second quarter of the year.

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